The Man Who Loved China: Joseph Needham and the Making of a Masterpiece by Simon WinchesterMy review
rating: 4 of 5 stars
Fascinating biography of the man who wrote the definitive history of science in China. While I don't think I am too likely to read his (dozens of volume long!) history, he led quite an interesting life and the tidbits I picked up about science here in China were remarkable (did you know, for example, that the Chinese invented the printing press 100s of years before Gutenberg?).
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