Introduction page, I. Poverties and Triumphs of the Chinese Scientific Tradition, 2. Science and China's Influence on the World, 3· On Science and Social Change, 4· Science and Society in Ancient China, 5· Thoughts on the Social Relations of Science and Technology in China, 6. Science and Society in East and West, 7· Time and Eastern Man, 8. Human Law and the Laws of Nature, CHRONOLOGY OF CHINA, INDEX, PLATES

The historical civilization of China is, with the Indian and European-Semitic, one of the three greatest in the world, yet only relatively recently has any enquiry been begun into its achievements in science and technology.