This fifth volume abridgement of Joseph Needham's monumental work is concerned with the staggering civil engineering feats made in early and medieval China.

Volumes I and II of the major series: China: its language, geography and history ; Chinese philosophy and scientific thought.

A section of Volume IV, part 1 and a section of Volume IV, part 3 of the major series:

The world's preeminent authority on Chinese science explores the philosophy, social structure, arts, crafts, and even military strategies that form our understa

The second volume of Dr Joseph Needham's great work Science and Civilisation in China is devoted to the history of scientific thought. Beginning with ancient ti