Podcasts - Episode Three - Meet the Author: Simon Winchester on "The Man Who Loved China"

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Renowned author, journalist and broadcaster Simon Winchester discusses his New York Times Best Seller The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom (HarperCollins 2008) at a luncheon program held at the New York offices of Jones Day on May 1, 2009.

Needham (1900-1995), the great Sinologist and English don, is a legend for his 24-volume Encyclopedia Science and Civilization in China. His writings also shaped the West's understanding of China through inquiries such as the famous "Needham question," which asks why China failed to industrialize when Europe did, despite its prior achievements in printing, explosives, navigation, hydraulics, ceramics and governance.

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