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This series was set up for the publication of new work on Asian science and culture which derives from or is thematically linked to Science and Civilisation in China. Since the first volume, published in 1954, this monumental work has set a new agenda for scholarly research, and this is reflected in the books in this series. They explore in detail subjects which, in terms of level and complexity, fall outside the scope of the larger plan of Science and Civilisation in China.The series is now published by RoutledgeCurzon.

  • General Editors: Joseph Needham

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2 results in Needham Research Institute Studies

Astronomy and Mathematics in Ancient China
  • The 'Zhou Bi Suan Jing'
  • Christopher Cullen
  • Published online:
    16 October 2009
    Print publication:
    18 April 1996
  • This translation of an ancient Chinese book on astronomy (which is believed to date back to the first century AD) provides the non-specialist with a lucid account of how Chinese astronomers did their work in ancient times. The book also shows how the Chinese imperial government made use of and supported the work of astronomers, and explores the links between astronomy and politics. It will be of equal interest to historians of science and those studying the history of Chinese culture.

Aristotle in China
  • Language, Categories and Translation
  • Robert Wardy
  • Published online:
    22 September 2009
    Print publication:
    13 April 2000
  • In this book, Robert Wardy, a philosopher and classicist, turns his attention to the relation between language and thought. He explores this huge topic in an analysis of linguistic relativism, with specific reference to a reading of the ming li t'an ('The Investigation of the Theory of Names'), a seventeenth-century Chinese translation of Aristotle's Categories. Throughout his investigation, Wardy addresses important questions. Do the basis structures of language shape the major thought-patterns of its native speakers? Could philosophy be guided and constrained by the language in which it is done? What factors, from grammar and logic to cultural and religious expectations, influence translation? And does Aristotle survive rendition into Chinese intact? His answers will fascinate philosphers, Sinologists, classicists, linguists and anthropologists, and will make a major contribution to the existing literature.