Title:
Bomb, book and compass : Joseph Needham and the great secrets of China
Author:
Winchester, Simon.
ISBN:
9780670913794
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Camberwell, Vic. : Viking, 2008.
Physical Description:
316 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm
General Note:
Originally published in the USA as The man who loved China by HarperCollins, 2008.
Abstract:
Before fate intervened, Needham was a distinguished biochemist performing research at Cambridge University, married to a fellow scientist and an ardent member of the local Communist party. In 1937 he was asked to supervise a young Chinese student named Lu Gwei-Djen, and in that moment began the greatest love affair.
Added Title:
Man who loved China.