On Science and Civilisation in China

2021/08/23 by Shellen Xiao Wu · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · #History of Science and Medicine

paper · pdf · doi:10.37282/991819.21.38

openalex publication_date 2021/08/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21

Abstract

When the first volume of Science and Civilisation in China was published in 1954, Chinese scientific and technological accomplishments were largely unknown in the West, even among scientists. The initiator of the series, the British biochemist Joseph Needham, subsequently became one of the most important conduits between Chinese science and the international community.

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