China's Greatest Student; The making of Joseph Needham's multi- volume masterpiece. The Washington Post | May 25, 2008 | . This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

THE MAN WHO LOVED CHINA

The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric

Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries

Of the Middle Kingdom

By Simon Winchester

Harper. 316 pp. $27.95 The great Sinologist Joseph Needham (1900- 1995) is a legend for his Science and Civilization in China, an encyclopedic account of China's achievements in science and technology. But it is the famous "Needham question," which asks why the country failed to industrialize when Europe did, despite its prior achievements in printing, explosives, navigation, hydraulics, ceramics and statecraft, that may revive his legacy and compel re- ...

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