Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5, Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 5, Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Physiological Alchemy

By Lu Gwei-Djen and Joseph Needham

The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts for ease of assimilation and presentation, each part bound and published separately. The volume as a whole covers the subjects of alchemy, early chemistry, and chemical technology (which includes military invention, especially gunpowder and rockets; paper and printing; textiles; mining and metallurgy; the salt industry; and ceramics).

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521085748
• ISBN13: 9780521085748
• Release Date: September 1983
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 3.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.5" x 9.9"