The Man Who Loved China : Joseph Needham : The Fantastic Story Of The Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked The Mysteries Of The Middle Kingdom
Author: Simon Winchester
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: $26.95 AUD
: 9780060884611
: Harper Perennial US
: Harper Perennial US
: 30 November 2008
: 203mm X 136mm X 22mm
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: Simon Winchester
: P.S. (Paperback)
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: English
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9780060884611
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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.
