Joseph Needham (1900–1995)
Author of Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 1: Introductory Orientations
About the Author
Image credit: Joseph Needham, Sinologue et historien des sciences (1900-1995)
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Works by Joseph Needham
Science and Civilisation in China Volume III : Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and Earth (1959) 49 copies
Science and Civilisation in China Volume IV: Physics and Physical Technology Part 1: Physics (1962) 38 copies
Science and Civilisation in China Volume IV: Physics and Physical Technology Part 2: Mechanical Engineering (1965) 34 copies
Science and Civilisation in China Volume IV: Physics and Physical Technology Part 3: Civil Engineering and Nautics (1971) 33 copies
Science and Civilisation in China Volume V: Chemistry and Chemical Technology Part 2: Spagyrical Discovery and… (1974) 24 copies
Science and Civilisation in China Volume V: Chemistry and Chemical Technology Part 9: Textile Technology: Spinning and… (1988) 19 copies
Science and Civilisation in China Volume V: Chemistry and Chemical Technology Part 6: Military Technology: Missiles and… (1994) 18 copies
Science and Civilisation in China Volume VI: Biology and Biological Technology Part 2: Agriculture (1988) 18 copies
Science and Civilisation in China Volume V: Chemistry and Chemical Technology Part 3: Spagyrical Discovery and… (1976) 18 copies
Science and Civilisation in China Volume V: Chemistry and Chemical Technology Part 1: Paper and Printing (1985) 18 copies
Science and Civilisation in China Volume VII: The Social Background Part 1: Language and Logic in Traditional China (1998) 17 copies
Science and Civilisation in China Volume VI: Biology and Biological Technology Part 1: Botany (1986) 16 copies
Science and Civilisation in China Volume VII: The Social Background Part 2: General Conclusions and Reflections (2004) 15 copies
Science and Civilisation in China Volume V: Chemistry and Chemical Technology Part 7: Military Technology: The… (1986) 15 copies
Science and Civilisation in China Volume V: Chemistry and Chemical Technology Part 5: Spagyrical Discovery and… (1983) 14 copies
Science and Civilisation in China Volume VI: Biology and Biological Technology Part 6: Medicine (2000) 14 copies
Science and Civilisation in China Volume V: Chemistry and Chemical Technology Part 4: Spagyrical Discovery and… (1980) 12 copies
Clerks and Craftsmen in China and the West: Lectures and Addresses on the History of Science and Technology (1970) 12 copies
Science and Civilisation in China Volume VI: Biology and Biological Technology Part 3: Agro-Industries and Forestry (1996) 10 copies
Wissenschaftlicher Universalismus : er Bedeutung und Besonderheit der chinesischen Wissenschaft (1979) 9 copies
Background to modern science; ten lectures at Cambridge arranged by the History of science committee, 1936 (1975) 6 copies
Man A Machine 4 copies
The Teacher of Nations: Addresses and Essays in Commemoration of the Visit to England of the Great Czech Educationalist… (2015) 3 copies
Chemical Embryology, volume II 3 copies
China and the Origins of Immunology 3 copies
Chemical Embryology, volume I 2 copies
Dialogue des civilisations Chine-Occident pour une histoire oecuménique des sciences (1999) 2 copies
The Hall of Heavenly Records: Korean Astronomical Instruments and Clocks, 1380-1780 (Monograph (Antiquarian Horological… (1986) 2 copies
Gunpowder as the Fourth Power (Occasional papers' series / Hong Kong University Press) (1985) 2 copies
Three masks of the Tao: A Chinese corrective for maleness, monarchy and militarism in theology (1979) 2 copies
The life and works of Joseph Needham 2 copies
Hopkins and Biochemistry: Papers Concerning Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, OM, PRS, with a Selection of his Addresses… (1949) 1 copy
Scienza e società in Cina 1 copy
Time and Eastern man 1 copy
Joseph Needham 1 copy
Christian materialism 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Needham, Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery
- Birthdate
- 1900-12-09
- Date of death
- 1995-03-24
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Place of death
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Chungking, China
Paris, France - Education
- University of Cambridge (Gonville and Caius College)
Oundle School - Occupations
- embryologist
biochemist
historian
sinologist
author - Relationships
- Wang Ling (research assistant)
Lu Gwei-djen (co-author, wife)
Chen Shi-zhang
Singer, Dorothea Waley (colleague) - Organizations
- Cambridge University (Gonville and Caius College)
Sino-British Science Co-operation Office
UNESCO
Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding - Awards and honors
- Fellow, Royal Society (1941)
British Academy (1971)
Companion of Honour (1992)
George Sarton Medal (1968)
Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize (1990)
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Statistics
- Works
- 83
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 1,041
- Popularity
- #24,733
- Rating
- 4.3
- Reviews
- 8
- ISBNs
- 105
- Languages
- 6
- Favorited
- 3