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Joseph Needham

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Joseph Needham , 1900-95, British biochemist, historian of science, and sinologist, b. London. He had a lifelong association with Cambridge Univ., where he was educated (Ph.D, 1924), taught biochemistry (1924-66), served as master of Gonville and Caius College (1966-76), and founded and directed the Needham Research Institute (1976-90). An embryologist, he wrote such books as Chemical Embryology (3 vol., 1931) and A History of Embryology (1934). Fascinated with all things Chinese, he learned Mandarin and headed (1942-46) the Sino-British Science Cooperation Office in Chongqing, China.... Read more
Cooper, Joseph (Elliott Needham)
Cooper, Joseph (Elliott Needham) ( b Bristol, 1912; d 2001). Eng. pianist. London début 1947. Lect.- recitalist, also chairman of popular TV mus. quiz. Assisted Vaughan Williams in adapting pf. conc. to double pf. conc., 1946. OBE 1982. Read more
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...disabled as well as the able-bodied. According to Joseph Needham the origins of the junk rig in China go back to about...Science and Civilisation in China , abridged from Joseph Needham's text (1986). Worcester, G. , The Junks and Sampans... Read more

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