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Joseph Needham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Joseph Needham 1900-1995 ... JOSEPH NEEDHAM will be remembered for his massive achievement embodied in the continuing Science and Civilisation in China series, the successive parts of which have been published by Cambridge University Press since 1954. This great work is planned as a history of science,
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Promotes the understanding of China's historic role in science by conducting research projects, writing specialized publications and organizing workshops. Page includes list of staff and event schedule. Located in Cambridge, England. ... WELCOME TO THE NEEDHAM RESEARCH INSTITUTE, a centre for the study of the history of...
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Four Great Inventions of ancient China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In Memoriam: Dr Joseph Needham, 1900-1995 ... On March 24 1995, one of the most outstanding representatives of post-war European scholarship, Dr Joseph Needham, passed away at the remarkable age of ninety-four. ... It is almost impossible to rubricize Joseph Needham, for in most respects he deviated from the common pattern...
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Maurice Goldsmith, Joseph Needham: 20th-century Renaissance Man is the only real biography in English, written just before Needham died. It stays, for the most part, just on the right side of hagiography, but really Needham deserves something more critical.
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Joseph Needham opened the way, in the West, to academic recognition of the scientific past of China with his encyclopedia Science and Civilisation in China (1954-95). This huge masterwork exposes the historical development of Chinese science in a more complete and detailed way than ever before in any Western language.
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Joseph Needham (1900-1995 ... Joseph Needham was born on 09 December 1900. He was the single child of a middle-class family of Scottish ascent living in London. The lingering conflict opposing his parents marked Joseph's whole childhood.
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It would be nice to have a spare six months to read Joseph Needham's mammoth Science and Civilisation in China, but I fear a few volumes of Ronan's abridgement are as much as I will ever manage... ... %T The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: 3; %A Needham, Joseph; %E Ronan, Colin A. %I Cambridge University Press;
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