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The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom Reprint edition
Simon Winchester
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The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom Reprint edition
Simon Winchester
In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, brings to life the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham?the brilliant Cambridge scientist, freethinking intellectual, and practicing nudist who unlocked the most closely held secrets of China, once the world's most technologically advanced country.
352 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 28, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780060884611 |
| Publishers | HarperCollins |
| Pages | 352 |
| Dimensions | 136 × 203 × 21 mm · 263 g |
| Language | English |
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