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What contributions have early Chinese and Indian civilizations made?
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A lot. Please see the following websites:
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/chinahist/dynasties.HTML
http://afe.easia.Columbia.edu/chinawh/web/s10/0781_sect10_timeline.pdf
http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/pabacker/history/china.htm
Science and Civilisation in China (1954-2008) is a series of monumental books initiated and edited by British biochemist and China scholar Joseph Needham (1900-1995). They deal exhaustively with the history of science and technology in China. To date there have been 27 volumes (and parts).
In 1954, Needham with an international team of collaborators, started a project to study the science and civilization of ancient China. This project produced a series of volumes to be published under the Cambridge University Press. The project is still continuing under the guidance of the Publications Board of the Needham Research Institute (NRI), chaired by Christopher Cullen.[1]
The 27 volumes are:
- Volume I, Introductory Orientation (1954)
- Volume II, History of Scientific Thought(1956)
- Volume III, Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth (1959)
- Volume IV, Physics and Physical Technology
- Part 1, Physics (1962)
- Part 2, Mechanical Engineering (1962)
- Part 3, Civil Engineering and Nautics (1970)
- Volume V, Chemistry and Chemical Technology
- Part 1, Paper and Printing (1985)
- Part 2, Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Magisteries of Gold and Immortality (1974)
- Part 3, Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Historical Survey from China (1976)
- Part 4, Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Apparatus, Theories, Gifts (1980)
- Part 5, Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Physiological Alchemy (1983)
- Part 6, Military Technology: Missiles and Sieges(1995)
- Part 7, Military Technology: The Gun Powder Epic(1987)
- Part 8, __________ (2__?)
- Part 9, Textile Technology: Spinning and Reeling(1988)
- Part 10, __________ (2__?)
- Part 11, Ferrous Metalurgy (2008)
- Part 12, Ceramic Technology (2004)
- Part 13, Mining (1999)
- Volume VI, Biology and Biological Technology
- Part 1, Botany (1986)
- Part 2, Agriculture (1984)
- Part 3, Agroindustries and Forestry (1996)
- Part 4, __________ (2__?)
- Part 5, Fermentations and Food Science (2000)
- Part 6, Medicine (2000)
- Volume VII, General Conclusions and Reflections
- Part 1, Language and Logic (1998)
- Part 2, The Social Background (2004)
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