Needham, Joseph

Science and Civilsation [Civilization] in China Volume I: Introductory Orientations

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1954.

First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First printing of the first volume in this important series. xxxviii, 318 pp, clean and tighly bound, with very light shelf wear to boards. Dust jacket shows wear at corners and spine ends. "Science and Civilisation in China is recognised as one of the most remarkable works of scholarship in the twentieth century. Originally proposed as a single volume of 600 to 800 pages, the project now encompasses seventeen books published under the direct supervision of Joseph Needham, from the first volume which appeared in 1954, through to volume 6.3 which was in press at the time of his death in 1995. [These] volumes reflect Needham's vision of the field of the history of science and its social background in China, and his aim to make Chinese achievements in science and technology better understood "(Cambridge University Press description).

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