Author: Needham, Joseph, 1900-1995

China and the West : mankind evolving
Date1970
Publish_locationLondon
PublisherGarnstone Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
SeriesTeilhard Study Library ; 05
ShelfReading Room
Call NumberDS721.C456 J864 1970
Descriptionxvii, 144 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
NoteChina and the West : mankind evolving / contributors Robert Jungk ... [et al.].
"Much of the material in this volume is based on papers, since revised and expanded, commissioned by the Teilhard Association of Great Britain and Ireland and given at its Third Annual Conference."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: China and the West / Joseph Needham -- Society and economics in China today / Joan Robinson -- Religion in China today / William Sewell -- Social revolution and cultural revolution in China / Stuart Schram -- Teilhard, China and neo-Marxism / Ernan McMullin -- Evolution and revolution in the West / Robert Jungk -- Mankind evolving / Bernard Towers -- Appendix: Outline of a European look-out institution / Robert Jungk.
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SubjectChina--Civilization East and West China--Religion--20th century China--Economic conditions--1949-1976
Seriesfoo 95
ISBN0900391308
LCCN73-870023
Chinese science : explorations of an ancient tradition
Date1973
Publish_locationCambridge, MA
PublisherMIT Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeFestschrift (pdf)
SeriesMIT East Asian science series ; v. 2
ShelfDigital Archives
Call NumberQ127.C5 C555 1973d
Descriptionpdf. [xxxvi, 334 p. : ill.]
NoteChinese science : explorations of an ancient tradition / edited by Shigeru Nakayama and Nathan Sivin.
"Compiled in honor of the seventieth birthday of Joseph Needham, F.R.S., F.B.A."
Includes bibliographical references.

The historian of science as ecumenical man: a meditation in the Shingon temple of Kongōsammai-in on Kōyasan, by J. Needham. -- Joseph Needham and the science of China, by D.J. de Solla Price. -- Joseph Needham, organic philosopher, by S. Nakayama. -- China, Europe, and the origins of modern science: Needham's the grand titration, by A.C. Graham. -- The Chinese concept of nature, by M. Yosida. -- Chinese astronomy: development and limiting factors, by K. Yabuuti. -- A systematic approach to the Mohist optics (ca. 300 B.C.), by A.C. Graham and N. Sivin. -- Elixir plants: the Chʼun-yang Lü Chen-jen yao shih chih (Pharmaceutical manual of the adept Lü Chʼun-yang), by Ho Peng Yoke, B. Lim, and F. Morsingh. -- Man as a medicine: pharmacological and ritual aspects of traditional therapy using drugs derived from the human body, by W.C. Cooper and N. Sivin. -- A neglected source for the early history of anesthesia in China and Japan, by S. Miyasita. -- An introductory bibliography of traditional Chinese science: books and articles in Western languages, by N. Sivin (p. [279]-314).

Local access dig.pdf. [Sivin-Chinese science.pdf]

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SubjectScience--China--History Needham, Joseph, 1900-1995--Festschriften
Seriesfoo 105
ISBN026214011X ; 9780262140119
LCCN72005577
Hall of Heavenly Records : Korean astronomical instruments and clocks, 1380-1780
Date1986
Publish_locationCambridge, Eng.
PublisherCambridge University Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library [M5]
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
SeriesAntiquarian Horological Society monograph ; 25
ShelfHallway Cases
Call NumberQB85.8.H35 1986
Descriptionxxii, 201 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Note

The Hall of Heavenly Records : Korean astronomical instruments and clocks, 1380-1780 / Joseph Needham, Lu Gwei-Djen ... [et al.].
Title on added t.p.: Chaoxian Shuyunguan tianwenyiqi yu jishiji (Chosŏn "Sŏun’gwan" ch’ŏnmun ŭigi yŏ kyesigi) 朝鮮書雲觀天文儀器與計時機 Bibliography: p. 183-191. Includes index.
See LC Publisher description ; See LC Table of contents

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SubjectAstronomical instruments--Korea--Sŏun’gwan 書雲觀--History Astronomical clocks--Korea--Sŏun’gwan 書雲觀--History Astronomy--Korea--History--Jesuit influence
Seriesfoo 114
ISBN0521303680
LCCN86224537
Heavenly clockwork : the great astronomical clocks of medieval China. [Xinyi xiangfayao 新儀象法要. Selections. English]
Date1960
Publish_locationCambridge, Eng.
PublisherCambridge University Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
SeriesAntiquarian Horological Society monograph ; 1
ShelfHallway Cases
Call NumberQB107.N37 1960
Descriptionxv, 253 p. : ill., plates, ports., facsims. ; 26 cm.
NoteHeavenly clockwork : the great astronomical clocks of medieval China / by Joseph Needham, Wang Ling and Derek J. de Solla Price.
Published in association with the Antiquarian Horological Society at the University Press.
Bibliography: p. 206-215. Tables of Chinese characters: p. 216-229.
Includes English translation and commentary on Su Song's memorial to the emperor and the third chapter of Xinyi xiangfayao 新儀象法要.
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SubjectAstronomy--China--History Astronomers--China Astronomical instruments--China--History Jesuits--China--16th-18th centuries--Contributions in astronomy Astronomical clocks--China--History Su Song 蘇頌, 1020-1101 Water clocks--China--History
Seriesfoo 113
LCCN60-1472
Science and civilisation in China
Date1954-
Publish_locationCambridge, Eng.
PublisherCambridge University Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Record_typeBook
Series
ShelfHallway Cases
Call NumberDS721.N39 1954
Descriptionv.1-5 : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
NoteScience and civilisation in China / By Joseph Needham, with the research assistance of Wang Ling ; [later vols. with the collaboration of Lu Gwei-Djen].
Half title of some vols in Chinese: Zhongguo kexue jishu shi 中國科學技術史.
Includes bibliographies and indexes.
N.B.: Library has vol. 1-5 ONLY in various reprint editions. See Gleeson Library for complete set.

v. 1. Introductory orientations.--v. 2. History of scientific thought.--v. 3. Mathematics and the sciences of the heavens and the earth.--v. 4. Physics and physical technology: pt. 1. Physics, with the collaboration of Wang Ling and the special co-operation of Kenneth Girdwood Robinson. pt. 2. Mechanical engineering. pt. 3. Civil engineering and nautics with the collaboration of Wang Ling and Lu Gwei-Djen.--v. 5. Chemistry and chemical technology: pt. 1. Paper and printing / by Tsien Tsuen-hsuin. pt. 2. Spagyrical discovery and invention: magisteries of gold and immortality, with the collaboration of Lu Gwei-Djen. pt. 3. Spagyrical discovery and invention: historical survey, from cinnabar elixirs to synthetic insulin. pt. 4. Spagyrical discovery and invention: apparatus, theories, and gifts. pt. 5. Spagyrical discovery and invention : physiological alchemy / with the collaboration of Lu Gwei-Djen. pt. 6. Military technology, missiles and sieges. pt. 7. Military technology, the gunpowder epic. pt. 9. Textile technology, spinning and reeling / by Dieter Kuhn. pt. 13. Mining / by Peter J. Golas.--v. 6. Biology and biological technology. pt. 1. Botany. pt. 2. Agriculture / by Francesca Bray. pt. 3. Agro-industries and forestry / by Christian Daniels, Nicholas K. Menzies. pt. 5. Fermentations and food science / by H.T. Huang. pt. 6. Medicine -- v. 7. Language and logic / by Christoph Harbsmeier. pt. 1-
Publisher description: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam022/54004723.html
Table of contents: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam022/54004723.html (above for v. 6, pt. 5).

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SubjectTechnology--China--History Science--China--History China--Civilization--History
ISBN0521419999
LCCN54-4723
Science in traditional China : a comparative perspective
Date1981
Publish_locationCambridge, MA
PublisherHarvard University Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
Series
ShelfHallway Cases
Call NumberQ127.C5 N46 1981
Descriptionx, 134 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
NoteScience in traditional China : a comparative perspective / Joseph Needham.
Includes bibliographical references.

The epic of gunpowder and firearms, developing from alchemy -- Comparative macrobiotics -- The history and rationale of acupuncture and moxibustion -- Attitudes toward time and change as compared with Europe -- Appendix: Table of Chinese dynasties.

Antoher copy Gleeson Library.

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SubjectScience--China--History
ISBN0674794397 ; 9780674794399
LCCN81006962
Within the Four Seas : the Dialogue of East and West.
Date1969
Publish_locationLondon
PublisherGeorge Allen & Unwin, Ltd.
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Record_typeBook
Series
ShelfReading Room
Call NumberDS706.N4 1969
Description228 p. ; 23 cm.
NoteJoseph Needham.
1. The Dialogue of East and West -- 2. The Past in China's Present -- 3. The Chinese Contribution to Scientific Humanism -- 4. A Poem in his Own Style (for Rewi Alley) -- 5. The Ways of Szechuan -- 6. The 2500th Birthday of Confucius -- 7. The Confucian Temple at Chhang-an -- 8. Saints in Chinese Culture -- 9. The Ballad of Mêng Chiang Nü Weeping at the Great Wall -- 10. Job the Paynim -- 11. At the Tomb of the Princess -- 12. The House of Wisdom -- 13. Science and Peace--The Asian Aspect -- 14. The Fragrance of Friendship -- 15. A Poem for a Chinese Friend -- 16. Western Misconceptions about East Asia -- 17. Yenan -- 18. Shao-Shan -- 19. Psychology and Scientific Thought in East and West -- 20. The Pilgrim Comes Again to Chhien-Fo-Tung -- 21. Science and Religion in the Light of Asia -- 22. Christianity and the Asian Cultures -- Chronology of China -- Index.
Includes bibliographical footnotes.
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SubjectChina--Civilization Europe--Relations--China China--Relations--Europe
ISBN0049310062
LCCN77-440120
Yo banfa! (We have a way!)
Date1952
Publish_locationShanghai 上海
PublisherChina Monthly Review
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
Series
ShelfStacks
Call NumberDS711.Y721 A663 1952
Description193 p. : ill., ports ; 21 cm.
NoteYo banfa! (We have a way!) / Edited by Shirley Barton ; foreword by Joseph Needham.
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SubjectChina--Description and travel--1949-1989--Pictorial works China--Description and travel--1949-1975 Communism--China Alley, Rewi 路易•艾黎, 1897-1987
LCCN53-23881
Zhongguo kexue jishushi 中國科學技術史. [Science and civilisation in China. Chinese]
Date1975
Publish_locationXianggang 香港
PublisherZhonghua shuju 中華書局
CollectionBibl. Sinensis Soc. Iesu
Edition
LanguageChinese 中文
Record_typeBook
Series
ShelfSilver Room
Call NumberDS721.N3912 1975
Descriptionv. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
NoteZhongguo kexue jishushi 中國科學技術史 / [英] Li Yuese zhu 李約瑟著 ; Zhongguo kexue jishushi fanyi xiaozu yi 中國科學技術史翻譯小組譯.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translation of: Science and civilisation in China.
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SubjectTechnology--China--History Science--China--History China--Civilization--History China--Intellectual life
Zhongguo lidai famingjia xiaozhuan 中國歷代發明家小傳
Date1980
Publish_locationXianggang Jiulong 香港九龍
PublisherTaoyuan chubanshe 桃源出版社
CollectionBibl. Sinensis Soc. Iesu
Edition初版
LanguageChinese 中文
Record_typeBook
Series
ShelfStacks
Call NumberDS721.F265 N333 1980
Description[8], 240 p. ; 19 cm.
NoteZhongguo lidai famingjia xiaozhuan 中國歷代發明家小傳 / Li Yuese bianzhu 李約瑟編著.
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SubjectTechnology--China--History Science--China--History Inventions--China--History Inventors--China--Biography
Zhongguo zhi kexue yu wenming 中國之科學與文明. [Science and civilisation in China. Chinese]
Date1977
Publish_locationTaibei Shi 臺北市
PublisherTaiwan Shangwu yinshuguan 臺灣商務印書館
CollectionRicci Institute Library [CKCC]
Edition修訂第2版
LanguageChinese 中文
Record_typeBook
Series
ShelfHallway Cases
Call NumberDS721.N3923 1977
Description10 v. : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
NoteZhongguo zhi kexue yu wenming 中國之科學與文明 / Li Yuese zhu 李約瑟 著 ; Chen Lifu zhu yi 陳立夫主譯 ; Zhonghua wenhua fuxing yundong tuixing weiyuanhui "Zhongguo zhi kexue yu wenming" bianyi weiyuanhui bianyi 中華文化復興運動推行委員會「中國之科學與文明」編譯委員會編譯.
Translation of: Science and civilisation in China.
Includes bibliographical references.
民國66 [1977].
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SubjectTechnology--China--History Science--China--History China--Civilization--History Science and civilization--China