- Published: New York, NY : HarperLuxe, c2008.
- Year Published: 2008
- Edition: Large print ed.
- Description: xiv, 478 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
- Language: English
- Format: Large Type
ISBN/Standard Number
- 9780061562761
- 0061562769
Subjects
- Needham, Joseph, -- 1900-1995.
- Needham, Joseph, -- 1900-1995.
- Scientists -- Biography. -- Great Britain
- Science -- History. -- China
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The man who loved China : the fantastic story of the eccentric scientist who unlocked the mysteries of the Middle Kingdom
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Map as frontispiece.
A portrait of the mid-twentieth-century scientist and adventurer traces his British government mission to China, his love affair with visiting student Lu Gwei-Djen, and his pivotal influence on the Western world's understanding of China's culture and history.
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