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- 2007040516 abstract "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. 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.".
- 2007040516 contributor B10797613.
- 2007040516 created "c2008.".
- 2007040516 date "2008".
- 2007040516 date "c2008.".
- 2007040516 dateCopyrighted "c2008.".
- 2007040516 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-294) and index.".
- 2007040516 description "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. 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.".
- 2007040516 extent "xii, 316 p. :".
- 2007040516 identifier "0060884592".
- 2007040516 identifier "9780060884598".
- 2007040516 identifier 2007040516-b.html.
- 2007040516 identifier 2007040516-d.html.
- 2007040516 identifier 2007040516.html.
- 2007040516 issued "2008".
- 2007040516 issued "c2008.".
- 2007040516 language "eng".
- 2007040516 publisher "New York, NY : Harper,".
- 2007040516 spatial "China".
- 2007040516 spatial "Great Britain".
- 2007040516 subject "509.2 B 22".
- 2007040516 subject "Needham, Joseph, 1900-1995. Science and civilisation in China.".
- 2007040516 subject "Needham, Joseph, 1900-1995.".
- 2007040516 subject "Q143.N44 W56 2008".
- 2007040516 subject "Science China History.".
- 2007040516 subject "Scientists Great Britain Biography.".
- 2007040516 title "The man who loved China : the fantastic story of the eccentric scientist who unlocked the mysteries of the Middle Kingdom / Simon Winchester.".
- 2007040516 type "text".