This book tells the story of Joseph Needham, a British school who fell in love with China and went on to redsicover the amazing scientific discovers that has been made there. He created a book called "Science and Civilization in China." He was there during the war with the British Embassy and he was naturally curious.
He is someone I wish I were more like. He just took and interest in everything and went out to meet everyone he could. His father taught him that all knowledge is useful and he never forgot that. Along the way he met many of the colorful characters of the day, like Mao, Chiang and Zhou Enlai. He also got in trouble for criticizing the USA during the Korean War and was banned from coming to America for a number of years. He also was a nudist, had a lifelong mistress that his wife knew abuot, and really, really enjoyed learning new things.
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