Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5, Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 6, Military Technology: Missiles and Sieges

Science and Civilisation in China, Volume V, Part 6 is the first of the three parts dealing with the art of war in ancient and medieval China. (Part 7 on gunpowder and all aspects of explosive weapons has already been published). The present volume opens with an introduction on Chinese attitudes to warfare in general. Four major sections follow: on the making and use of simple bows; on the crossbow, the standard weapon of the Han armies, and its introduction to the Western world; on the pre-gunpowder forms of artillery, including the invention of the trebuchet; and on the art of siege warfare in which the Mohists were particularly interested.

Author: Joseph Needham, Robin D. S. Yates
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03/31/1995
Pages: 620
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.05lbs
Size: 9.70h x 7.70w x 1.70d
ISBN: 9780521327275