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Encyclopaedia of the history of science, technology and medicine in non-western cultures

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Encyclopaedia of the history of science, technology and medicine in non-western cultures/ edited by Helaine Selin.
other author:	Selin, Helaine.
Published:	Dordrecht :Springer Netherlands : : 2016.,
Description:	xxxvii, 4706 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ; : 26 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Science - Encyclopedias. - History - Developing countries -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7747-7
ISBN:	9789400777477

Encyclopaedia of the history of science, technology and medicine in non-western cultures
Encyclopaedia of the history of science, technology and medicine in non-western cultures[electronic resource] /edited by Helaine Selin. - Dordrecht :Springer Netherlands :2016. - xxxvii, 4706 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;26 cm.

From the contents: Abacus -- Agriculture in Indonesia -- Barrow in China -- Boats of the Precolonial Philippines: Butuan Boats -- Calendars and Timekeeping Around the World -- Divination: Science, Technology, and the Mantic Arts in Traditional China -- Environment and Nature: The Natural Environment in Native American Thought -- Food and the Maori -- Hydraulic Engineering in Ancient Peru and Bolivia -- Knowledge Systems: Indigenous Knowledge of Trees and Forests -- Land, Labor, Water, and Technology in Pre-Columbian South America -- Mausoleums of the Islamic World -- Probability in Non-Western Cultures -- Quinoa. A Millenary Grain in Northern Argentina -- Ship- and Boatbuilding in Ancient Egypt -- Technology: Inland Technology in China: Boat Building, Steerage and Propulsion -- Water Management and Reservoirs in India and Sri Lanka -- Zinc Production in China.

This updated and augmented third edition of this landmark encyclopedia contains approximately 1000 entries dealing in depth with the history of the scientific, technological and medical accomplishments of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. The entries consist of fully updated articles together with hundreds of entirely new topics adorned with full color pictures. This unique reference work includes intercultural articles on broad topics such as mathematics and astronomy as well as thoughtful philosophical articles on concepts and ideas related to the study of non-Western Science, such as rationality, objectivity, and method. You'll also find material on religion and science, East and West, and magic and science. This amazing resource even contains entries on fascinating esoteric topics such as Native American mathematics, Polynesian navigation, and African Metallurgy. There are also biographical articles for those cultures where individual scientists are known to us, such as China and the Islamic world.

ISBN: 9789400777477

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-94-007-7747-7doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1107302
Science
--History--Developing countries--Encyclopedias.

LC Class. No.: Q124.8 / .E53 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 030

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