‘Lectures on the history of science, scientific thought and technology in China’, 1950 - 1951

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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/1/1/163

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This file contains typescript outlines of lectures by Joseph Needham for the Michaelmas and Lent terms, 1950-51. Considering the use of 'Michaelmas' and 'Lent', these lectures were probably given at the University of Cambridge. The file includes typescripts entitled:
- 'Chronology of China'
- 'Mathematics and Science in China and the West'
- 'Engineering, Mainly Mechanical'
- 'Literature on History of Engineering to 1600'.