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Simon Winchester Talks About The Man Who Loved China
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Simon Winchester on Lu Gwei-Djen, Needham's Assistant
05 min 47 secSimon Winchester and John Major discuss Joseph Needham's lifelong assistant and mistress Lu Gwei-Djen, a lab scientist and expert on the History of science and technology in China. She co-authored the Science and Civilisation in China series with Joseph Needham and was the first person to pique his interest in China by teaching him Classical Chinese.
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Simon Winchester on Joseph Needham's Epic Project
04 min 49 secJournalist and author Simon Winchester and China researcher John Majors discuss the lifelong project of Joseph Needham, the 24 volume Science and Civilisation in China series.
Joseph Needham was was the original China scholar, spending most of his life researching its history of science and technology and attempting to discover how the West was able to surpass China despite its early successes in science and technology.
Winchester's newest book, The Man Who Loved China is about his life and work. -
Simon Winchester on Joesph Needham's Political Naivete
04 min 31 secSimon Winchester and John Major discuss the famed China researcher Joseph Needham's political naiveté or, in their words -- "an unaccountable babe in the woods."
Needham often overlooked China's humanitarian and political outrages. For these lapses, Needham was banned from America from 1954-78 for falsifying a report that America had employed biological weapons. -
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