The Man Who Loved China

  • Autor: Simon Winchester
  • Narrador: Simon Winchester
  • Editora: HarperCollins USA
  • Duração: 9:14:11
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Sinopse

In sumptuous and illuminating detail Simon Winchester chronicles the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham, the brilliant Cambridge scientist who turned his eccentric genius on the study of China.

In 1937 Joseph Needham fell in love with a visiting Chinese student. He soon became fascinated by China, and his mistress persuaded him to travel to her home country. Thus began his undying passion for the world’s most populous nation.

Needham tackled one of the great, unanswered historical questions: Why did a nation that had invented so much and had enjoyed 5,000 years of flourishing civilization, fail to undergo an industrial revolution, and instead spend so many modern years mired in poverty and racked by instability and revolution? By the time he died, Needham had produced seventeen immense volumes on China, marking him as the greatest one-man encyclopaedist ever.

Both epic and intimate, The Man Who Loved China tells the sweeping history of China through Needham's remarkable life. Here is an unforgettable tale by one of the world's inimitable storytellers.

Capítulos

  • Chapter 001

    Duração: 10min
  • Chapter 002

    Duração: 11min
  • Chapter 003

    Duração: 10min
  • Chapter 004

    Duração: 09min
  • Chapter 005

    Duração: 09min
  • Chapter 006

    Duração: 06min
  • Chapter 007

    Duração: 06min
  • Chapter 008

    Duração: 09min
  • Chapter 009

    Duração: 10min
  • Chapter 010

    Duração: 09min
  • Chapter 011

    Duração: 08min
  • Chapter 012

    Duração: 07min
  • Chapter 013

    Duração: 08min
  • Chapter 014

    Duração: 08min
  • Chapter 015

    Duração: 10min
  • Chapter 016

    Duração: 05min
  • Chapter 017

    Duração: 03min
  • Chapter 018

    Duração: 10min
  • Chapter 019

    Duração: 11min
  • Chapter 020

    Duração: 09min
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