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Toc: Cover......Page 1Title page......Page 6Contents......Page 9ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 10TABLES......Page 11ABBREVIATIONS......Page 12SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE......Page 14VOLUME EDITOR'S PREFACE......Page 16VALE ATQUE AVE......Page 23FOREWORD......Page 43a) SCIENCE AND SOCIETY IN EAST AND WEST......Page 51b) THE ROLES OF EUROPE AND CHINA IN THE EVOLUTION OF OECUMENICAL SCIENCE......Page 74c) THE NATURE OF CHINESE SOCIETY: A TECHNICAL INTERPRETATION......Page 93d) HISTORY AND HUMAN VALUES: A CHINESE PERSPECTIVE FOR WORLD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY......Page 117e) LITERARY CHINESE AS A LANGUAGE FOR SCIENCE......Page 145f) CONCLUSIONS......Page 249APPENDIX JOSEPH NEEDHAM: A SOLILOQUY......Page 282BIBLIOGRAPHIES......Page 291A. CHINESE BOOKS BEFORE +1800......Page 292B. CHINESE AND JAPANESE BOOKS AND JOURNAL ARTICLES SINCE +1 800......Page 296C. BOOKS AND JOURNAL ARTICLES IN WESTERN LANGUAGES......Page 297GENERAL INDEX......Page 314