Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures

Helaine Selin is an American librarian, author and the editor of several bestselling books. She is perhaps most famous for being the editor of Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures (1997). She has also edited the book series Science Across Cultures. She received her undergraduate degree from SUNY Binghamton and MLS from SUNY Albany. She served in the Peace Corps from the fall of 1967 through the summer of 1969 as an English teacher in Karonga, Malawi. She retired in 2012 from being the science librarian at Hampshire College.  

From the contents:

Abacus.- Agriculture in Indonesia.- Barrow in China.- Boats of the Precolonial Philippines: Butuan Boats.- Calendars and Timekeeping Around the World.- Divination: Science, Technology, and the Mantic Arts in Traditional China.- Environment and Nature: The Natural Environment in Native American Thought.- Food and the Maori.- Hydraulic Engineering in Ancient Peru and Bolivia.- Knowledge Systems: Indigenous Knowledge of Trees and Forests.- Land, Labor, Water, and Technology in Pre-Columbian South America.- Mausoleums of the Islamic World.- Probability in Non-Western Cultures.- Quinoa. A Millenary Grain in Northern Argentina.- Ship- and Boatbuilding in Ancient Egypt.- Technology: Inland Technology in China: Boat Building, Steerage and Propulsion.- Water Management and Reservoirs in India and Sri Lanka.- Zinc Production in China.