Heavenly Clockwork: The Great Astronomical Clocks of Medieval China (Antiquarian Horological Society Monograph)

By Derek J. De Solla Price, Ling Wang, Joseph Needham, et al.

Book Overview

A reissue with a foreword and supplement, of a modern classic published in 1960. The invention of the mechanical clock was one of the most important turning points in the history of science and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521322766
• ISBN13: 9780521322768
• Release Date: November 1986
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 1.0" x 8.3"