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050 00 $aQ143.N44$bW56 2008
082 00 $a509.2$aB$222
100 1 $aWinchester, Simon.
245 14 $aThe man who loved China :$bthe fantastic story of the eccentric scientist who unlocked the mysteries of the Middle Kingdom /$cSimon Winchester.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bHarper,$cc2008.
300 $axii, 316 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [285]-294) and index.
520 $aThe extraordinary story of Joseph Needham, the brilliant Cambridge scientist who unlocked the most closely held secrets of China--long the world's most technologically advanced country. This married Englishman, a freethinking intellectual, while working at Cambridge University in 1937, fell in love with a visiting Chinese student, with whom he began a lifelong affair. He became fascinated with China, and embarked on a series of extraordinary expeditions to the farthest frontiers of this ancient empire. He searched everywhere for evidence to bolster his conviction that the Chinese were responsible for hundreds of mankind's most familiar innovations--including printing, the compass, explosives, suspension bridges, even toilet paper--often centuries before the rest of the world. His dangerous journeys took him across war-torn China to far-flung outposts, consolidating his deep admiration for the Chinese people. After the war, Needham began writing what became a seventeen-volume encyclopedia, Science and Civilisation in China.--From publisher description.
600 10 $aNeedham, Joseph,$d1900-1995.
650 0 $aScientists$zGreat Britain$vBiography.
600 10 $aNeedham, Joseph,$d1900-1995.$tScience and civilisation in China.
650 0 $aScience$zChina$xHistory.