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作者:
Simon Winchester
出版社: Viking 副标题: Joseph Needham and the Great Secrets of China 出版年: 2008-5-1 页数: 316 定价: GBP 12.99 装帧: Paperback ISBN: 9780670913794
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Before fate intervened, Joseph Needham was a distinguished biochemist at Cambridge University, married to a fellow scientist. In 1937 he was asked to supervise a young Chinese student named Lu Gwei-Djen, and from that moment sprang the two greatest love affairs of his life – with Miss Lu, and with China. Miss Lu inspired Needham to travel to China where he initially s...
Before fate intervened, Joseph Needham was a distinguished biochemist at Cambridge University, married to a fellow scientist. In 1937 he was asked to supervise a young Chinese student named Lu Gwei-Djen, and from that moment sprang the two greatest love affairs of his life – with Miss Lu, and with China. Miss Lu inspired Needham to travel to China where he initially spent three dangerous years as a wartime diplomat. He established himself as the pre-eminent China scholar of the time, firm in his belief that China would one day achieve world prominence. By the end of his life, Needham had become a truly global figure, travelling endlessly and honoured by all – though banned from America because of his politics. And in 1989, after a fifty-two year affair, he finally married the woman who had first inspired his passion. Bomb, Book and Compass is Simon Winchester at his best – at once a magnificent portrait of one man's remarkable life and a riveting exploration of the country that so engaged him.
作者简介
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文思淼(Simon Winchester)先生 ,出生于1944年9月28日,因其在新闻和文学方面的贡献在2006年获得英国女王伊丽莎白二世的新年荣誉表彰,获官佐勋章(OBE,Order of the British Empire)。他是位地道的英国作家,毕业于牛津大学圣凯瑟琳学院地质学系,并曾在非洲及海上石油钻井平台工作。其后他曾担任英国《卫报》20余年的外派记者,并赢得多项荣誉。近期一直为国家地理杂志、Condé Nast Traveler, Smithsonian 等旅游杂志提供专稿, 并为纽约时报撰写书评。他在《卫报》外派期间曾亲睹爱尔兰“血色星期日”事件,在成为一名成功的作家之前,他曾作为被阿根廷军队关押在福克兰群岛的记者而出名。在BBC电视公司1992年拍摄的关于此次福克兰岛入侵事件的电视片《一个非礼貌的行径》中,以他为原型的角色由演员P...
文思淼(Simon Winchester)先生 ,出生于1944年9月28日,因其在新闻和文学方面的贡献在2006年获得英国女王伊丽莎白二世的新年荣誉表彰,获官佐勋章(OBE,Order of the British Empire)。他是位地道的英国作家,毕业于牛津大学圣凯瑟琳学院地质学系,并曾在非洲及海上石油钻井平台工作。其后他曾担任英国《卫报》20余年的外派记者,并赢得多项荣誉。近期一直为国家地理杂志、Condé Nast Traveler, Smithsonian 等旅游杂志提供专稿, 并为纽约时报撰写书评。他在《卫报》外派期间曾亲睹爱尔兰“血色星期日”事件,在成为一名成功的作家之前,他曾作为被阿根廷军队关押在福克兰群岛的记者而出名。在BBC电视公司1992年拍摄的关于此次福克兰岛入侵事件的电视片《一个非礼貌的行径》中,以他为原型的角色由演员Paul Geoffrey扮演。文思淼一生游历过世界很多地方,现居住在美国麻省和苏格兰西部岛屿上。《教授与狂人》、《喀拉喀托火山》等作品多次登上《纽约时报》畅销书榜单。《李约瑟——一个揭开中国神秘面纱的人》是他最新完成的作品。