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Bomb, Book and Compass: Joseph Needham and the Great Secrets of China (Hardcover)

by Simon Winchester (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Viking (25 Sep 2008)
  • ISBN-10: 0670913782
  • ISBN-13: 978-0670913787
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.8 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 158,572 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Needham's story is phenomenal. This is the rare book where you wish the author had included more detail, not less'

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'Captivating. Makes the most obscure topic seem as if it should be on the front of that day's newspaper'

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3.0 out of 5 stars A bit disappointing, 1 Feb 2009
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Joseph Needham was obviously a brilliant and fascinating man. However this book left me with the impression that perhaps he did not leave enough personal (as opposed to academic) material to make a really satisfactory biography. While much of the material in the book is interesting, I was not left with much sense of what 'made him tick'. The account is also very patchy - a lot of detail about a few relatively short episodes in his life, with long gaps between them - and in places spends several pages talking about someone else who is relatively peripheral to the story. I'd recommend it to people with an interest in Needham's work, but not as a great piece of biography.
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