Contains xxxii and 510 pages, figs., 1300-1341, tables 93-105. Overseas customers please note that the book weighs over a kilo thus attracting additional postage. "Science and Civilisation in China is a series of books initiated and edited by British biochemist, historian and sinologist Joseph Needham, Ph.D (1900-1995). They deal with the history of science and technology in China." (Wikipedia)