| 1925 | Science, Religion and Reality | The Sheldon Press, London | Open Library |
| 1929 | The Sceptical Biologist — Ten Essays | Chatto, London | Open Library |
| 1931 | Chemical Embryology | Cambridge University Press | Open Library |
| 1934 | A History of Embryology | The University Press, Cambridge [Eng. | Open Library |
| 1936 | Order and Life | Cambridge University Press, Cambridge | Open Library |
| 1938 | Background to Modern Science — Ten Lectures at Cambridge Arranged by the History of Science Committee, 1936 | The Macmillan Company, New York | Open Library |
| 1943 | Time — the refreshing river | The Macmillan Company, New York | Open Library |
| 1954 | Science and Civilization in China | University Press, Cambridge [Eng. | Open Library |
| 1958 | The Development of Iron and Steel Technology in China | Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering and Technology, the Science Museum, London | Open Library |
| 1960 | Heavenly Clockwork — The Great Astronomical Clocks of Medieval China | Published in association with the Antiquarian Horological Society at the University Press, Cambridge | Open Library |
| 1969 | The Grand Titration — Science and Society in East and West | Allen & Unwin, London | Open Library |
| 1979 | Within the Four Seas — The Dialogue of East and West | University of Toronto Press | Open Library |