The Refiner's Fire; The Enigma of Alchemy in East and West (Signed copy)

Initialled by Joseph Needham, the Second J D Bernal Lecture

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First edition. Paperback. 25.5 × 16.5cm, 31pp.

Initialled and dedicated by Joseph Needham to the front cover, "HJS from JN, with warmest regards".

This is the text of Joseph Needham's J D Bernal Lecture at Birkbeck College in London. Needham was a British biochemist, historian of science and sinologist known for his scientific research and writing on the history of Chinese science and technology, and here examines the history of early chemistry and alchemy in the East and West.

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Good condition. There is light foxing to the covers and the edges are creased but the main body of text is in very good and in strong readable condition.

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