Based on the immense, authoritative scholarship of the late Joseph Needham, the world's foremost scholar of Chinese science, this revised full-color illustrated edition brings to life the spirit and excitement of the unparalleled achievements of ancient China - with one hundred "firsts" in the fields of agriculture, astronomy, engineering, mathematics, medicine, music, technology, and warfare.
By Robert Temple, Paperback, English, 288 Pages, 10.25" x 7.7"