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China, the West, and World History in Joseph Needham's Science and Civilisation in China(*).
Journal of World History; 9/22/2000; FINLAY, ROBERT; 18068 words
; ... the first volume in 1954 by declaring that Needham's project represents perhaps the greatest ... given the special conditions that produced Needham's masterwork, it is unlikely that there ever ... in the comparative study of civilizations, Needham discovered an entire realm of knowledge ... From the appearance ...
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Joseph Needham. Science and Civilisation in China: The Social Background, General Conclusions and Reflections, vol. 7, part 2.(Book review)
China Review International; 9/22/2005; Sivin, Nathan; 5126 words
; Joseph Needham. Science and Civilisation in China. Volume ... Nakayama Shigeru, and I were nagging Joseph Needham to begin writing the final volume of Science ... Civilisation in China. Since the first volume of Needham's enormous reconnaissance of Chinese science ...
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NEEDHAM BOYS ROCKET TO STATE LACROSSE TITLE SENIORS MAKE PACT TO BEAT TRADITIONAL `POST-PROM EFFECT'
The Boston Globe; 6/19/2003; James Whitters, Globe Staff; 873 words
; NEEDHAM - Four years ago, on a lazy afternoon in the Needham High School gymnasium, All-American lacrosse player Matt ... state champs. By the time we're seniors, I want to put a Needham lacrosse state championship banner on the wall in the gym ...
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In Needham, some shops sell memories, too
The Boston Globe; 6/10/1991; Linda Matchan, GLOBE STAFF; 1199 words
; NEEDHAM -- Lance Jackson is candid when he talks about ... the cloth and upholstery business in downtown Needham that his parents started more than 40 years ... would they go?" Where else, these days, but Needham -- a bedroom community 10 miles west of Boston ... anachronisms in a way," said Linda Polach, a ...
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Focused growth: Needham & Co. finds opportunities for progress in a stammering market. (Research Profile).
Buyside; 12/22/2002; Leerskov, Meghan; 1639 words
; Needham & Co. Theodor Kundtz Director of Equity Research/Electronic ... Components & Diversified Technology Analyst Kundtz joined Needham & Co. in May 1999. Previously, he was senior vice president ... Georgetown University and his MBA at New York University. Needham & Co. is constantly scouring ...
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Critics chip away at Needham golf club's deal with town
The Boston Globe; 7/26/1998; Richard Higgins, Globe Staff; 1068 words
; NEEDHAM -- The Needham Golf Club has long had a chummy relationship with the town of Needham. Since 1923, the private club, which has 364 members, has leased 58 acres of town land to operate its nine-hole course. And while it pays a fraction of what ...
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Town board sued by supermarket Star Market says Needham planners wrong in denying use of Carter Co. building site
The Boston Globe; 1/27/1991; Jennifer Kingson Bloom, Contributing Reporter; 1195 words
; NEEDHAM -- In what town officials describe as the biggest development battle in Needham's recent history, Star Market's parent company is taking ... the complex would be the largest single development in Needham. Neighbors of the Needham Heights site had lobbied aggressively ...
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FUNDING CUTS IMPERIL NEEDHAM LIBRARY SERVICES OTHER COMMUNITIES FACE SIMILAR LOSSES
The Boston Globe; 3/18/1990; Mitchell Zuckoff, Globe Staff; 1119 words
; NEEDHAM - It was a sunny morning, but Nancy Karr had gone to the Needham Free Public Library to check out a book called "The Snowy ... be much left if they make those cuts." The situation in Needham is the most dramatic in the area, but the town is far from ...
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DEATHS OF THREE TEENS LEAVE NEEDHAM, WELLESLEY GRIEVING
The Boston Globe; 11/26/2004; Christine McConville, Globe Staff and David Auguste, Globe Correspondent; 735 words
; ... of the deaths of three teenagers two from Needham, one from Wellesley this week. Although family members in Needham said the boys there, ages 19 and 13, did not ... was a student at Pollard Middle School in Needham. Deputy Chief Bill Brooks of the Wellesley ... counseling. "It's a terrible tragedy," said ...
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OBITUARY:Joseph Needham
The Independent - London; 3/27/1995; Mansel Davies; 3191 words
; With the death of Joseph Needham the world of learning has lost one ... any century. For more than 30 years Needham had been the greatest Sinologist in ... peaks are found close-packed in ranges. Needham matured at Cambridge in the presence ...
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