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Ep. 156 | Joseph Needham (Part 2)

Ep. 156 | Joseph Needham (Part 2)

FromThe China History Podcast


Ep. 156 | Joseph Needham (Part 2)

FromThe China History Podcast

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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
Jul 8, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this Part 2 episode Laszlo continues his intro of Joseph Needham in 1943 right after Needham returned from his perilous adventure to the northwest of China to visit the sights of Dunhuang.  We'll conclude the life of Joseph Needham in this episode. He truly was, as Simon Winchester called him, "The Man Who Loved China."       Terms from this episode:   Jianqiao Daxue yu Zhongguo Daxue hezuo weiyuanhui  剑桥大学与中国大学合作委员会The Sino-British Scientific Cooperation Office, the Mogao Grottoes   莫高窟  The caves at Dunhuang where so much Buddhist treasure was found. Chongqing   重庆  Former wartime capital of China also known as Chungking Fujian province  福建省 Province on the east coast of China below Zhejiang Fuzhou   福州  Capital of Fujian Kunming   昆明  Capital of Yunnan Zhongguo Kēxué jìshù shi 中国科学技术史  Science and Civilization in China Nantong  南通  City in Jiangsu Jiangsu   江苏  Province on east coast of China north of Zhejiang Wang Ling   王玲  Chinese and Australian educator and researcher Lizhuang   李庄  City located on the banks of the Yangzi Sichuan   四川  Province in the soutwest next door to Tibet Zhú Kězhēn  竺可桢  Professor Coching Chu, Zhejiang University president 1936-49. Gǔjīn Túshū Jíchéng   古今图书集成  Complete Collection of Illustrations and Writings of Ancient and Modern Times Lu Guizhen   鲁桂珍 (1904-1991) Biochemist and long-time assistant to Needham Xiangqi   象棋 Chinese version of chess Guō Mòruò    郭沫若 great writer, poet and archaeologist  Shenyang   沈阳  Capital of Liaoning, also known in the past as Mukden Lu Shiguo   鲁仕国  Father of Lu Guizhen Zhongguo   中国  China, the Middle Kingdom Qián Cúnxùn  钱存训  Professor T.H. Tsien (Tsien Tsuen-hsuin).  A giant in Chinese library science.  Wrote Volume V, Part 1 on paper and printing. Simon Winchester's amazon page click here
Released:
Jul 8, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Since 2010, The China History Podcast, presented by Laszlo Montgomery presents over two hundred episodes of curated topics from China's antiquity to modern times.