The Man Who Loved China : Joseph Needham : The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom
Author(s): Simon Winchester
In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, brings to life the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham--the brilliant Cambridge scientist, freethinking intellectual, and practicing nudist who unlocked the most closely held secrets of China, once the world's most technologically advanced country.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Harper Perennial US
- : Harper Perennial US
- : 30 November 2008
- : 203mm X 136mm X 22mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : Simon Winchester
- : Paperback / softback
- : 0901
- : English
- : 316
- : illustrations
