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British biochemist, historian of science and sinologist
- Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham CH FRS FBA (/ ˈniːdəm /; 9 December 1900 – 24 March 1995) was a British biochemist, historian of science and sinologist known for his scientific research and writing on the history of Chinese science and technology, initiating publication of the multivolume Science and Civilisation in China.
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Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham CH FRS FBA [1] ( / ˈniːdəm /; 9 December 1900 – 24 March 1995) was a British biochemist, historian of science and sinologist known for his scientific research and writing on the history of Chinese science and technology, initiating publication of the multivolume Science and Civilisation in China.
Joseph Needham (born Dec. 9, 1900, London, England—died March 24, 1995, Cambridge) was an English biochemist, embryologist, and historian of science who wrote and edited the landmark history Science and Civilisation in China, a comprehensive study of Chinese scientific development.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jul 1, 2008 · Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham (1900–1995), the sole architect and author of what is universally acknowledged to be the greatest and most authoritative of all books about China...
- Simon Winchester
- 2008
Jun 27, 2018 · NEEDHAM, JOSEPH (b. London, England, 9 December 1900; d. Cambridge, England, 24 March 1995) scientist, international activist, historian of science. Needham was a visionary and an innovative scientist, social activist, and historian, whose seven decades of scholarship shaped many fields of knowledge.
Dr. Joseph Needham FRS, FBA (1900-1995) was one of the most outstanding intellectuals of the 20th century. As Reader in Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, and Fellow (later Master) of Gonville and Caius College, in the inter-war years he was one of a group of left-wing, socially active scientists that included such figures as J.D ...
Joseph Needham. 1900-1995. English biochemist who documented the history of science. Educated at Cambridge University, Needham specialized in embryology. He conducted research at the Cambridge Dunn Institute of Biochemistry. Needham wrote several books, including A History of Embryology (1934).
Nov 1, 2007 · Joseph Needham was an embryologist and biochemist who is most noted in science for his studies on induction in developing embryos. Needham worked with Conrad Hal Waddington to attempt to identify the compound responsible for the organizer's activity.
