The way and the word : science and medicine in early China and Greece / Geoffrey Lloyd and Nathan Sivin.

  • Lloyd, G. E. R. (Geoffrey Ernest Richard), 1933-
Date:
[2002], ©2002
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Publication/Creation

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2002], ©2002.

Physical description

xvii, 348 pages ; 22 cm

Contents

Introduction -- 1. Aims and Methods -- 2. The Social and Institutional Framework of the Chinese Sciences -- 3. The Social and Institutional Framework of Greek Science -- 4. The Fundamental Issues of Greek Science -- 5. The Fundamental Issues of the Chinese Sciences -- 6. Chinese and Greek Sciences Compared -- Appendix -- Chronology of Historical Events -- Bibliography -- Index and Glossary

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-328) and index.

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    History of Medicine
    BFW /LLO
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ISBN

  • 0300092970
  • 9780300092974
  • 0300101600
  • 9780300101607