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Joseph Needham
AuthorBooks · Second hand1900-1995
Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham was a British biochemist, historian of science and sinologist known for his scientific research and writing on the history of Chinese science and technology, initiating publication of the multivolume Science and Civilisation in China. He called attention to what has come to be known as the Needham Question, of why and how China had ceded its leadership in science and technology to Western countries.
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About Joseph Needham
Birth
1900
Death
1995
Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham was a British biochemist, historian of science and sinologist known for his scientific research and writing on the history of Chinese science and technology, initiating publication of the multivolume Science and Civilisation in China. He called attention to what has come to be known as the Needham Question, of why and how China had ceded its leadership in science and technology to Western countries.
Joseph Needham was a brilliant British biochemist who dedicated his life to exploring the history of science.
His monumental work Science and civilisation in China is considered a global benchmark in the study of Chinese culture.
Beyond science, he stood out as a prolific writer and philosopher with inexhaustible intellectual curiosity.
Throughout his career, he published a total of 146 works covering topics from biology to sinology.
Born in London in 1900, Needham succeeded in building bridges between Western scientific thought and Eastern civilization.
