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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788146203321

Autore

Sullivan Lawrence R.

Titolo

Historical dictionary of science and technology in modern China / / Lawrence R. Sullivan and Nancy Y. Liu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, [England] : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8108-7855-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (627 p.)

Collana

Historical dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East

Disciplina

509.51

Soggetti

Science - China

Technology - China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Reader's Note; Preface; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; THE DICTIONARY; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Appendix A: Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Research Institutes and CAS-Affiliated Organizations (2013); Appendix B: Recent International Conferences on Science and Technology; Appendix C: Prominent Overseas Chinese Scientists; Appendix D: State Key Laboratories (Guojia Zhongdian Shiyanshi) and Institutional Affiliations; Bibliography; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>The historical dictionary provides information on science and technology in China from the late nineteenth century to the present including:</span></span><br /><ul start=""1"" style=""margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;""><li><span>a chronology;</span></li><li><span>introduction; </span></li><li><span>extensive bibliography;</span></li><li><span>over 700 cross-referenced dictionary entries on major scientific and technological fields and sub-fields; </span></li><li><span>entries on western scholars and educators.</span></li></ul><span><span> </span></span>