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The man who loved China [the fantastic story of the eccentric scientist who unlocked the mysteries of the Middle Kingdom]

Biography of Joseph Needham, a Cambridge scientist who turned his eccentric genius on the study of China. He produced seventeen immense volumes on China, marking him as the greatest one-man encyclopaedist.

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  • "In sumptuous and illuminating detail Simon Winchester chronicles the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham, the brilliant Cambridge scientist who turned his eccentric genius on the study of China.In 1937 Joseph Needham fell in love with a visiting Chinese student. He soon became fascinated by China, and his mistress persuaded him to travel to her home country. Thus began his undying passion for the world's most populous nation..."
  • "Biography of Joseph Needham, a Cambridge scientist who turned his eccentric genius on the study of China. He produced seventeen immense volumes on China, marking him as the greatest one-man encyclopaedist."@en
  • "The 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."@en
  • "The inspiring story of a man, a family, a band, a foreign country, and a new beginningWhen Alan Paul's wife was offered the job as the Wall Street Journal's China bureau chief, he saw it as an amazing opportunity to shake up their increasingly staid suburban New Jersey life. Excited and not a little scared, they packed up their three children--ages two, four, and seven--and headed for adventure and uncertainty in Beijing, China ..."@en
  • "The "New York Times"--Bestselling author of "The Professor and the Madman" and "Krakatoa" returns with the remarkable story of the growth of a great nation, and the eccentric and adventurous scientist who defined its essence for the world."@en
  • "A portrait of the mid-twentieth-century scientist and adventurer traces his British government mission to China, his love affair with visiting student Lu Gwei-Djen, and his pivotal influence on the Western world's understanding of China's culture and history."
  • "Simon Winchester profiles the life and work of Joseph Needham, a man who, in the mid-20th century, dedicated his life to studying the history of Chinese science. He would go on to write the definitive history of China's scientific progress."
  • "Simon Winchester profiles the life and work of Joseph Needham, a man who, in the mid-20th century, dedicated his life to studying the history of Chinese science. He would go on to write the definitive history of China's scientific progress."@en

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  • "Audiobooks"
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  • "The Man Who Loved China"@en
  • "The man who loved China the fantastic story of the eccentric scientist who unlocked the mysteries of the Middle Kingdom"
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  • "The man who loved China Joseph Needham and the making of a masterpiece"@en
  • "The man who loved China [the fantastic story of the eccentric scientist who unlocked the mysteries of the middle kingdom]"

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