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Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 5: Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 7, Military Technology The Gunpowder Epic Hardcover - 1987

by Joseph Needham; Ho Ping-Yü; Lu Gwei-Djen; Wang Ling


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The Gunpowder Epic is one of three planned publications on military technology within Dr Needham's immense undertaking. The discovery of gunpowder in China by the 9th century AD was followed by its rapid applications. It is now clear that the whole development from bombs and grenades to the invention of the metal-barrel hand gun took place in the Chinese culture area before Europeans had any knowledge of the mixture itself. Uses in civil engineering and mechanical engineering were equally important, before the knowledge of gunpowder spread to Europe in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Dr Needham's new work continues to demonstrate the major importance of Chinese science and technology to world history and maintains the tradition of one of the great scholarly works of the twentieth century.

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The development of gunpowder was certainly one of the greatest achievements of the medieval Chinese world.

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  • Title Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 5: Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 7, Military Technology The Gunpowder Epic
  • Author Joseph Needham; Ho Ping-Yü; Lu Gwei-Djen; Wang Ling
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 742
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
  • Date February 27, 1987
  • ISBN 9780521303583
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Asian - General
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