Joseph Needham's Science and Civilisation in China.
| Vol. I. Introductory Orientations. Joseph Needham, with the research assistance of Wang Ling (1954) |
| Vol. II. History of Scientific Thought. Joseph Needham, with the research assistance of Wang Ling (1956) |
| Vol. III. Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and Earth. Joseph Needham, with the research assistance of Wang Ling (1959) |
| Vol. IV. Physics and Physical Technology. |
| ▸ Part.1. Physics. Joseph Needham, with the research assistance of Wang Ling, and the special cooperation of Kenneth Robinson (1962) |
| ▸ Part. 2. Mechanical Engineering. Joseph Needham, with the research assistance of Wang Ling (1965) |
| ▸ Part. 3. Civil Engineering and Nautics. Joseph Needham, with the collaboration of Wang Ling and Lu Gwei-djen (1971) |
| Vol. V. Chemistry and Chemical Technology |
| ▸ Part. 1. Paper and Printing. Tsien Tsuen-Hsuin (1985) |
| ▸ Part. 2. Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Magisteries of Gold and Immortality. Joseph Needham, with the collaboration of Lu Gwei-djen (1974) |
| ▸ Part. 3. Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Historical Survey, from Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic Insulin. Joseph Needham, with the collaboration of Ho Ping-Yu and Lu Gwei-djen (1976) |
| ▸ Part. 4. Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Apparatus and Theory. Joseph Needham, with the collaboration of Lu Gwei-djen, and a contribution by Nathan Sivin (1980) |
| ▸ Part. 5. Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Physiological Alchemy. Joseph Needham, with the collaboration of Lu Gwei-djen (1983) |
| ▸ Part. 6. Military Technology: Missiles and Sieges. Joseph Needham, Robin D.S. Yates, with the collaboration of Krzysztof Gawlikowski, Edward McEwen and Wang Ling (1994) |
| ▸ Part. 7. Military Technology: The Gunpowder Epic. Joseph Needham, with the collaboration of Ho Ping-Yu [Ho Peng-Yoke], Lu Gwei-djen and Wang Ling (1987) |
| ▸ Part. 9. Textile Technology: Spinning and Reeling. Dieter Kuhn (1986) |
| ▸ Part. 11. Ferrous Metallurgy. Donald B. Wagner (2008) |
| ▸ Part. 12. Ceramic Technology. Rose Kerr and Nigel Wood, with additional contributions by Ts'ai Mei-fen and Zhang Fukang (2004) |
| ▸ Part. 13: Mining. Peter Golas (1999) |
| Vol. VI. Biology and Biological Technology [L50480] Part. |
| ▸ Part. 1. Botany. Joseph Needham, with the collaboration of Lu Gwei-djen, and a special contribution by Huang Hsing-Tsung (1986) |
| ▸ Part. 2. Agriculture. Francesca Bray (1984) |
| ▸ Part. 3. Agroindustries and Forestry. Christian A. Daniels and Nicholas K. Menzies (1996) |
| ▸ Part. 5. Fermentations and Food Science. H.T. Huang (2000) |
| ▸ Part. 6. Medicine. Joseph Needham and Lu Gwei-djen, edited by Nathan Sivin (2000) |
| Vol. VII. The Social Background |
| ▸ Part. 1. Language and Logic. Christoph Harbsmeier (1998) |
| ▸ Part. 2. General Conclusions and Reflections. Joseph Needham, edited by Kenneth Girdwood Robinson, with contributions by Ray Huang, and an introduction by Mark Elvin (2004) |
All volumes are available from Cambridge University Press (see also the website of the Needham Research Institute for further information at http://www.nri.org.uk/), although older copies can often be found at more affordable prices on the used book market. Another 4 volumes are in preparation. Parts 8 and 10 of volume V have been planned but have yet to be finished, edited and printed.