Shanghai Science and Technology Literature Publishing House Co., Ltd.
Also known as: 上海科学技術文献出版社
- Founded
- 1978
- Country / Region
- China
- Notable books
- The UniverseContactThe Painter's Eye: Twelve Elements of Aesthetics
About the publisher
Shanghai Science and Technology Literature Publishing House Co., Ltd. is a publisher combining science and technology with classical literature features, focusing on science and technology popularization, medicine and health, and literature and culture. Judging from its available titles, works on popular science stand out, including Chinese translations of cosmology and black hole books by Carl Sagan and Brian Cox, as well as narrative works on cognitive psychology and neurosurgery. Its art list includes drawing instruction by Andrew Loomis, alongside fiction and health and lifestyle titles. Representative books include Cosmos, Contact, The Eye of the Painter: Twelve Elements of Aesthetics, Journey Through Black Holes, Quantum Universe, and Brain Wants to Learn This Way. The press draws on the collections of the Shanghai Library to advance documentary and archival publishing; public information on its specific series and author roster is limited.
Encyclopedia of Chemistry
Shanghai Science and Technology Literature Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2026
Chemistry has not only driven the rapid development of today's high and new technologies, but also opened up more effective pathways for addressing en…
Is Life an Accident of the Universe?
Shanghai Science and Technology Literature Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2025
The universe began with just a few fundamental particles and a handful of simple rules—yet it evolved into something so finely tuned as to be fit for …
The Painter's Eye: Twelve Elements of Aesthetics
Shanghai Science and Technology Literature Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2023
A magnum opus by Andrew Loomis, a master illustrator and art educator. Twelve elements of beauty, twelve masterclasses in aesthetics—from subject matt…
Sorry, I Touched Your Brain: A Neurosurgeon's Tale of Sorrow and Joy
Shanghai Science and Technology Literature Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2023
Rule No. 3 of neurosurgery: as long as the patient is still alive, you can always find a way to make things worse for them! A steelworker who switched…
The Brain Wants to Learn This Way: Cognitive Psychology Methods for Efficient Learning
Shanghai Science and Technology Literature Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2023
This book is a guide to using your brain in learning. Drawing on cutting-edge research in cognitive psychology and 25 years of teaching and research e…
Becoming Beautiful Safely
Shanghai Science and Technology Literature Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2023
Long Xiao, chief physician and doctoral supervisor at the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, shar…
I Want to Talk to You About the World of the Mentally Ill
Shanghai Science and Technology Literature Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2023
This is a guide written by a "veteran patient" for fellow sufferers. Drawing on the author's own experiences and those of other patients, it takes rea…
The Probability of Self-Healing
Shanghai Science and Technology Literature Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2023
When people facing serious health problems—even terminal illness—see their symptoms disappear without any clear medical intervention, medicine calls t…
Contact
Shanghai Science and Technology Literature Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2022
A female scientist, Ellie Arroway, loses her father in childhood and, through her own intelligence and resolve, carves out a place for herself in the …
Journey to the Black Hole
Shanghai Science and Technology Literature Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2022
Follow the scientists to a place 55 million light-years from Earth, explore everything about black holes, and listen to the messages they send from th…
A Brief History of Life
Shanghai Science and Technology Literature Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2022
A 3.5-billion-year journey of life, condensed into just 15 days! Day One: An Earth in utter silence, with no sign of life; Day Two: Shifting plates, m…
The 16-Hour Fasting Technique
Shanghai Science and Technology Literature Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2022
The latest hospital research shows that what you eat and how you eat it don't matter. What matters is increasing the time you spend eating nothing. Yo…
The Universe
Shanghai Science and Technology Literature Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2021
Written by the renowned scientist Carl Sagan, this book is one of the most influential works of popular astronomy from the late twentieth century and …
The Quantum Universe
Shanghai Science and Technology Literature Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2021
A widely acclaimed classic of popular quantum mechanics—one book to help you understand the nature of the universe and glimpse the future of technolog…
Complete Compendium of Chinese Medicine, Volume 13: Treatise on Pestilence
Shanghai Science and Technology Literature Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2020
This volume is the 13th fascicle of the facsimile edition of the Complete Compendium of Chinese Medicine (Zhongguo Yixue Dacheng). It contains the Tre…
Comprehensive Compendium of Chinese Medicine, Volume 37: Cheng Xingxuan's Medical Cases · He Dan'an's Medical Cases · Shao Lansun's Medical Cases
Shanghai Science and Technology Literature Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2020
This volume is a reprinted edition of the 37th book of *The Great Compendium of Chinese Medicine* and includes three collections of Qing dynasty medic…
Kōkan Medical Library 08: A Treatise on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Shan (Hernia) Syndrome
Shanghai Science and Technology Literature Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2020
A Treatise on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Shan (Hernia) Syndrome (Shanqi Zhengzhi Lun) is a single-volume work by the Japanese physician Ōhashi Shō…
Compendium of Chinese Medical Classics, Volume 36: Sun Wenyuan's Medical Cases
Shanghai Science and Technology Literature Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2020
Sun Wenyuan's Medical Cases is a compilation of case records by the Ming dynasty physician Sun Yikui (courtesy name Wenyuan, sobriquet Dongxiu, known …
Singing over Wine with Tang Dynasty Poets
Shanghai Science and Technology Literature Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2019
The Tang Dynasty—an age that called forth genius and produced prodigies! It was the power of dreams that awakened countless scholars and men of letter…
Candlelit Night Conversations with Song Dynasty Ci Poets
Shanghai Science and Technology Literature Publishing House Co., Ltd. · 2019
The Song Dynasty—an era of dramatic upheaval and subtle poetic grace! Countless scholars and men of letters wandered winding paths, raising their cups…
Frequent authors
曹炳章 (3)卡尔·萨根 (2)虞北冥 (2)赵斌 (2)丹尼尔·T.威林厄姆 (1)He You (1)Feng Huaping (1)卫俊 (1)Ji Guibao (1)吴有性 (1)吴程远 (1)Da Qiao Shangyin (1)