"Contains the first section of volume IV, part 3, and the final section of volume IV, part 2 of the major series" - t.p.
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The shorter Science and civilisation in China : an abridgement of Joseph Needham's original text by Joseph Needham. ISBN 052146773X. Published by Cambridge University Press in 1995. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
