Subject: Needham, Joseph, 1900-1995--Festschriften

Chinese science : explorations of an ancient tradition
AuthorNeedham, Joseph, 1900-1995Sivin, NathanNakayama Shigeru 中山茂, 1928-2014
PlaceCambridge, MA
PublisherMIT Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
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).

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