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Bomb, book and compass : Joseph Needham and the great secrets of China / Simon Winchester

A biography of Joseph Needham, a Cambridge scientist who documented China's history of innovation. The text explores his wartime research and his efforts to credit Chinese society with major global inventions, including printing and gunpowder.

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