Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham. Joseph Needham pioneered the Western academic recognition of China's scientific past with the ongoing, monumental "Science and Civilisation in China" series (SCC, also known as "History of Science in China" in Asia). This encyclopaedic "opus magnum" revealed the historical development of Chinese science. Needham's Grand Question was raised about stagnation of China's technological development. Wikipedia
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The Science and Civilisation in China series is the work of Joseph Needham and an international team of collaborators, and is published by Cambridge University Press in seven volumes. www.nri.org.uk/science.html
Joseph Needham opened the way, in the West, to academic recognition of the scientific past of China with his encyclopedia Science and Civilisation in China (1954-95). www.riseofthewest.net/thinkers/needham01.htm
The big ideas which form the intellectual agenda of our age are illuminated by some of the best minds. Melvyn Bragg and three guests investigate the history of ideas and debate their application in modern life. www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20061019...
