Gratis Bücher The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom (P.S.), by Simon Winchester
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The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom (P.S.), by Simon Winchester
Gratis Bücher The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom (P.S.), by Simon Winchester
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In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, brings to life the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham—the brilliant Cambridge scientist, freethinking intellectual, and practicing nudist who unlocked the most closely held secrets of China, once the world's most technologically advanced country.
Über den Autor und weitere Mitwirkende
Simon Winchester is the acclaimed author of many books, including The Professor and the Madman, The Men Who United the States, The Map That Changed the World, The Man Who Loved China, A Crack in the Edge of the World, and Krakatoa, all of which were New York Times bestsellers and appeared on numerous best and notable lists. In 2006, Winchester was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Her Majesty the Queen. He resides in western Massachusetts.
Produktinformation
Taschenbuch: 352 Seiten
Verlag: Harper Perennial; Auflage: Reprint (28. April 2009)
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 0060884614
ISBN-13: 978-0060884611
Größe und/oder Gewicht:
13,5 x 2 x 20,3 cm
Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung:
5.0 von 5 Sternen
3 Kundenrezensionen
Amazon Bestseller-Rang:
Nr. 106.213 in Fremdsprachige Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Fremdsprachige Bücher)
This is one of the best books I have read in a long time and I heartily recommend it to anyone interested in China . The gentleman himself is a most interesting and eccentric character. This man unlocked China's secrets of that time which surpassed the creativity of all other nations! This is a phenomenal biography, and a truly fascinating tale. A window is opened into the past China,which was a great nation. It is a provocative book, s superb read and a real page turner. I call it a must read.
Hervorragend geschriebenes und interessantes Stück Literatur.Dabei noch sehr informativ. Unglaublich für einen Menschen der Jetztzeit, welches Arbeitspensum Menschen Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts bewältigt haben.Nicht mein erstes Buch von Simon Winchester – überragender Autor.
Winchester brings to life the story of Joseph Needham, an eccentric scientist of a type that only Oxford or Cambridge seem to be able to produce and nurture. Winchester encouraged me to actually buy at considerable expense one volume of Needham's "Science and Civilisation in China".
Joseph Needham is the most stupendous ass I think I have ever heard of. A colonialist, philanderer, cheat, elitist egomaniac. I would love to talk to him. This man "who loved China" openly admired Aurel Stein, a man who took advantage of a China on its knees and looted its cultural treasures. He had his Chinese assistant, "since he was Chinese" stay across the street from the hotel he and his British buddies were staying at. This "committed socialist" who is so sympathetic to the working classes treats poor Chinese like the most benighted British aristocrat would. He refers to them as "coolies." His humanitarian impulses are skin deep. He misappropriated funds to give his mistress a job AND a free trip to China. His work to bring attention to the contributions made by China is a convenient way for the British to legitmize, paper over and draw attention away from all the crimes it committed as a Colonial power. This noble humanitarian even stooped so low that he left bad paper in the file of a conscientious colleague who exposed his reprehensible behavior. Needham, by the way, hit on every pretty woman he saw. I wonder how that behavior would play out today in the environment of "me too"? Simply put, any man who would treat his wife the way this fellow did is nothing but a scoundrel. What is so frustrating is that the author turns a blind eye to all this despicable behavior and even revels in it. I hope someday someone writes a biography that will render the verdict that Needham's legacy deserves and does justice, especially to his poor wife Dorothy.
I really have mixed feelings about this book. I bought it because I found the subject extremely interesting and Needham was clearly presented as a very important actor in our knowledge of China and Chinese culture and history in general. Winchester indeed took on a gigantic task which in a way mirrors Needham's own lifelong quest. There is a tremendous amount of work on Winchester's part and certainly much interesting information. However after reading it I was left with a sense of frustration. The central question which is brought up time and again as the object of Needham's continuously expanding work, why was China arrested in its way to discovering modern science? why did it happen in Europe? is not answered, so there is a nagging sense of an interruptus. The detailed account of the growth of the project as Needham swims in the treacherous waters of old Chinese texts and cannot find a course which excludes all those desert islands and really maps a coherent picture reminds me of a story by Jorge Luis Borges, called "Pierre Menard, autor del Quijote". In this story the critic Pierre Menard trying to interpret Cervantes' famous novel is unable to make a selection and ends up producing an identical copy of the original work. So Needham's huge effort seems to have led to a work that is more of a catalogue than a selection showing an underlying trend or logical course.Winchester is more of a journalist than a writer or a thinker, and while I wish again to express my respect for his intensive work I am sorry to say that my impression is that of the chronicle of a quest that falls short of its promise.
Winchester really is a magnificent writer. Although I am a bigger fan of some of his other works, this certainly fits well into the rest of his life's opus. Somehow he manages to cover bits of science, technology, philosophy, history, (his love) geology, archaeology, culture, politics and even uses his flair for travel writing with great ethos and pathos to tell an interesting story.Aside from the breadth of topics he covers while telling the story of one man's life's work, he writes about and discusses topics which should be part of everyone's personal cultural knowledge. As a small example, he makes mention of one of the real life archaeologists who served as a model for Indiana Jones - though sadly he only makes the direct connection in a footnote which many may not likely read.Though I had originally picked up the book out of general curiosity (not to diminish the fact that I'm on a quest to read every word Winchester has written), I find that it also neatly fits into providing some spectacular background on the concept of "Big History" (see Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History (California World History Library)) as it relates to China's place in the world. In particular "Needham's question" (briefly: Why, given China's illustrious past, did modern science not develop there after the 1500's?) turned around becomes a interesting illustration on the course of human history and the rises and falls of cultures and societies since the holocene.For those who may miss the significance, I was particularly impressed with the overall literary power imbued to the book by the use of the bookended contrasts of Needham's Chongqing at the opening of the work and modern day Chongqing at the close. This is one of the few times that the mechanics behind how Winchester, the master of telling often non-linear stories, has been patently obvious to me. I hope one day to unravel all of his other secrets. I can only imagine that in his heavy research of his topics, he somehow internally sees the ultimately magical ways in which he will present the information.I will note that, in contrast to some of his past works, this one had some better physical maps and photos to go along with the text, although I was highly disappointed in their unusuable presentation in the e-book version of the book. (Higher dpi versions would have gone a long way, particularly with the ability to zoom in on them in most e-readers.) For those unfortunate enough to have the e-book copy, I commend picking up a physical copy of the book for better interpretations of the photos and maps included.
this is a glorious biography about a man who, at a time that people thought the Chinese were backward discovered , through his unlimited curiosity and intelligence how the Chinese had discovered most instruments and materials that westerners thought they invented first. An absolutely deightful delightfdul boo, written in Winchester's inimitable wonderful, riveting style. A must read - particularly for those of us who are rapidly becoming aware that it won't be long before=China will once again overtake the West in technical innovation again!.
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