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The China syndrome

Joseph Needham was an avid nudist, an accordion player, and a participant in “a wife-approved decades-long affair with the love of his life, a Chinese woman named Lu Gwei-djen.” In his new book, Simon Winchester confronts the “Needham question.” [Read]



By Andrew Leonard // At Salon // On May 19, 2008

Filed In Articles // On May 27, 2008 // Under Civilization



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Joseph Needham was an avid nudist, an accordion player, and a participant in “a wife-approved decades-long affair with the love of his life, a Chinese woman named Lu Gwei-djen.” In his new book, Simon Winchester confronts the “Needham question.”