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First published in 1969. The historical civilization of China is,
with the Indian and European-Semitic, one of the three greatest in
the world, yet only relatively recently has any enquiry been begun
into its achievements in science and technology. Between the first
and fifteenth centuries the Chinese were generally far in advance
of Europe and it was not until the scientific revolution of the
Renaissance that Europe drew ahead. Throughout those fifteen
centuries, and ever since, the West has been profoundly affected by
the discoveries and invention emanating from China and East Asia.
In this series of essays and lectures, Joseph Needham explores the
mystery of China's early lead and Europe's later overtaking.
First published in 1969. Contains some of Joseph Needham's most
significant essays, lectures and broadcasts on the history of
Chinese science, technology and culture. Also included are some
more personal thoughts stimulated by his own travels and
experiences in China, including a number of poems. The book
discusses the valuable social and intellectual influences which
have flowed to Europe from South as well as East Asia, and suggests
that the events of the twentieth century were a natural development
of Chinese history, not a deviation from it.
First published in 1969. Contains some of Joseph Needham's most
significant essays, lectures and broadcasts on the history of
Chinese science, technology and culture. Also included are some
more personal thoughts stimulated by his own travels and
experiences in China, including a number of poems. The book
discusses the valuable social and intellectual influences which
have flowed to Europe from South as well as East Asia, and suggests
that the events of the twentieth century were a natural development
of Chinese history, not a deviation from it.
Using modern knowledge to shed light on ancient techniques, this
text examines two of the earliest therapeutic techniques of Chinese
medicine: acupuncture and moxibustion. Acupuncture is the
implantation of very thin needles into subcutaneous connective
tissue and muscle at a great number of different points on the
body's surface; moxibustion is the burning of Artemisia tinder
(moxa) either directly on the skin or just above it. For 2500 years
the Chinese have used both techniques to relieve pain and to heal a
wide variety of illnesses and malfunctions. Providing a full
historical account of acupuncture and moxibustion in the
theoretical structure of Chinese medicine, Doctors Lu and Needham
combine it with a rationale of the two techniques in the light of
modern scientific knowledge.
First published in 1969. The historical civilization of China is,
with the Indian and European-Semitic, one of the three greatest in
the world, yet only relatively recently has any enquiry been begun
into its achievements in science and technology. Between the first
and fifteenth centuries the Chinese were generally far in advance
of Europe and it was not until the scientific revolution of the
Renaissance that Europe drew ahead. Throughout those fifteen
centuries, and ever since, the West has been profoundly affected by
the discoveries and invention emanating from China and East Asia.
In this series of essays and lectures, Joseph Needham explores the
mystery of China's early lead and Europe's later overtaking.
This is a new release of the original 1926 edition.
1926. Essays on science, religion, and reality by various authors.
Contents: Introduction; Magic Science and Religion; Historical
relations of religion and science; Science and religion in the
nineteenth century, The domain of physical science; Mechanistic
biology and the religious consciousness; Sphere of religion;
Religion and psychology; Science Christianity and Modern
Civilization; Conclusion.
THIS 44 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Science Religion
and Reality, by Joseph Needham. To purchase the entire book, please
order ISBN 0766129160.
THIS 44 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Science Religion
and Reality, by Joseph Needham. To purchase the entire book, please
order ISBN 0766129160.
1926. Essays on science, religion, and reality by various authors.
Contents: Introduction; Magic Science and Religion; Historical
relations of religion and science; Science and religion in the
nineteenth century, The domain of physical science; Mechanistic
biology and the religious consciousness; Sphere of religion;
Religion and psychology; Science Christianity and Modern
Civilization; Conclusion.
Essays on science, religion, and reality by various authors.
Contents: Introduction; Magic Science and Religion; Historical
relations of religion and science; Science and religion in the
nineteenth century, The domain of physical science; Mechanistic
biology and the religious consciousness; Sphere of religion;
Religion and psychology; Science Christianity and Modern
Civilization; Conclusion.
This volume, which is based on the Terry Lectures delivered at Yale
University in 1935, deals with the problem of the unity of natural
knowledge. It considers the cleavage between the inorganic and
biological sciences, and between the theology of intelligibility
and that of inexplicability. Under the heading The Nature of
Biological Order it considers some of the opinions which
biologists, physicists, and philosophers hold regarding the form of
organization which living things exhibit. The discussion is
continued under the headings The Deployment of Biological Order and
The Hierarchical Continuity of Biological Order, and the conclusion
is reached that the profounder our insight into the nature of
organic form, the clearer does the unity of science become. It is
an erudite volume, intended for the serious student of the
philosophical aspects of biological science. To such it brings the
product of a mature and discerning mind, well-versed in all the
devious ramifications of a profoundly significant vein of thought.
-Scientific Book Club Review
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