LEADER 02976cam a2200409 a 4500003 hubpceuo 005 20201026104051.0 007 ta 008 070928s2008 nyuab b 001 0beng 010 2007040516 020 9780060884598 020 0060884592 035 (OCoLC)ocn173748716 035 (OCoLC)173748716 040 DLC |cDLC |dDLC |dhubpceuo |bENglish 041 eng 043 e-uk---a-cc--- 050 00 Q143.N44 |bW56 2008 082 00 509.2 |222 100 1 Winchester, Simon. 245 14 The man who loved China : |bthe fantastic story of the eccentric scientist who unlocked the mysteries of the Middle Kingdom / |cSimon Winchester. 250 1st ed. 260 New York, NY : |bHarper, |cc2008. 300 xii, 316 p. : |bill., maps ; |c24 cm. 504 Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-294) and index. 505 Prologue -- 1. The Barbarian and the Celestial -- 2. Bringing in Charcoal when it Snows -- 3. The Discovering of China -- 4. The Rewards of Restlessness -- 5. The Making of His Masterpiece -- 6. Persona non Grata: The Certain Fall from Grace -- 7. The Passage to the Gate -- Epilogue -- Appendix I: Chinese Inventions and Discoveries with Dates of First Mention -- Appendix II: The States, Kingdoms and Dynasties of China. 520 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. 600 10 Needham, Joseph, |d1900-1995. 600 10 Needham, Joseph, |d1900-1995. |tScience and civilisation in China. 650 0 Scientists |zGreat Britain |vBiography. 650 0 Science |zChina |xHistory. 942 |2ddc |cBK 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6509_200000000000000_WIN |70 |8GEN |9129771OSA |bOSA |d2020-10-26 |eOSA |l0 |o509.2 WIN |r2020-10-26 |w2020-10-26 |yBK |zDonation of School of Public Policy. |cGeneral Stacks 920 01 jYx814Yq 992 01 509_200000000000000_WIN |bUZQ_XZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ_3HC 966 |cIn the Research Room