SCIENCE
AND CIVILISATION
IN CHINA SERIES
Cambridge University Press, 1954 -
Founded by Joseph Needham CH FRS FBA, 1900-1995.
The Science and Civilisation in China series is the work of Joseph Needham and an international team of collaborators, and is published by Cambridge University Press in seven volumes. From volume 4 onwards each volume is divided into a number of parts. The project is now proceeding under the guidance of the Publications Board of the Needham Research Institute, chaired by Christopher Cullen.
Only
those parts of SCC already published, or for which MSS are
complete and in the hands of the Press, are listed here. Other parts
are in course of preparation. If you wish to order copies of any SCC
volume or to enquire about prices, contact Cambridge University Press.
VOL. I. Introductory Orientations. Joseph Needham,
with the research assistance of Wang Ling (1954)
VOL. II. History of Scientific Thought. Joseph
Needham, with the research assistance of Wang Ling (1956)
VOL. III. Mathematics and the Sciences of the
Heavens and Earth. Joseph Needham, with the research assistance of Wang
Ling (1959)
VOL. IV. Physics and Physical Technology.
Pt. 1. Physics. Joseph
Needham, with the research assistance of Wang Ling, and the special
co-operation of Kenneth Robinson (1962)
Pt. 2. Mechanical
Engineering. Joseph Needham, with the collaboration of Wang Ling (1965)
Pt. 3. Civil
Engineering and Nautics. Joseph Needham, with the collaboration of Wang
Ling and Lu Gwei-djen (1971)
VOL. V. Chemistry and Chemical Technology
Pt. 1. Paper and
Printing. Tsien Tsuen-Hsuin (1985)
Pt. 2. Spagyrical
Discovery and Invention: Magisteries of Gold and Immortality. Joseph
Needham, with the collaboration of Lu Gwei-djen (1974)
Pt. 3. Spagyrical
Discovery and Invention: Historical Survey, from Cinnabar Elixirs to
Synthetic Insulin. Joseph Needham, with the collaboration of Ho Ping-Yu
[Ho Peng-Yoke] and Lu Gwei-djen (1976)
Pt. 4. Spagyrical
Discovery and Invention: Apparatus and Theory. Joseph Needham, with the
collaboration of Lu Gwei-djen, and a contribution by Nathan Sivin (1980)
Pt. 5. Spagyrical
Discovery and Invention: Physiological Alchemy. Joseph Needham, with
the collaboration of Lu Gwei-djen (1983)
Pt. 6. Military
Technology: Missiles and Sieges. Joseph Needham, Robin D.S. Yates, with
the collaboration of Krzysztof Gawlikowski, Edward McEwen and Wang Ling
(1994)
Pt. 7. Military
Technology: The Gunpowder Epic. Joseph Needham, with the collaboration
of Ho Ping-Yu [Ho Peng-Yoke], Lu Gwei-djen and Wang Ling (1987)
Pt. 9. Textile
Technology: Spinning and Reeling. Dieter Kuhn (1986)
Pt. 11. Ferrous Metallurgy. Donald B. Wagner (2008)
NEW
Pt. 12. Ceramic Technology
.
Rose Kerr and Nigel Wood, with additional contributions by Ts'ai
Mei-fen
and Zhang Fukang (2004) NEW
Pt. 13: Mining. Peter Golas (1999)
VOL. VI. Biology and Biological Technology
Pt. 1. Botany. Joseph
Needham, with the collaboration of Lu Gwei-djen, and a special
contribution by Huang Hsing-Tsung (1986)
Pt. 2. Agriculture.
Francesca Bray (1984)
Pt. 3. Agroindustries
and Forestry. Christian A. Daniels and Nicholas K. Menzies (1996)
Pt. 5. Fermentations
and Food Science. H.T. Huang (2000)
Pt. 6. Medicine.
Joseph Needham and Lu Gwei-djen, edited by Nathan Sivin (2000)
VOL. VII. The Social Background
Pt. 1. Language and
Logic. Christoph Harbsmeier (1998)
Pt. 2. General Conclusions and
Reflections. Joseph Needham , edited by
Kenneth Girdwood Robinson, with contributions
by Ray Huang, and an introduction by Mark Elvin (2004)
Science and Civilisation in China