In The Man
Who Loved China,
Simon Winchester
brings to life
the
extraordinary
story of Joseph
Needham, the
brilliant
Cambridge
scientist who
unlocked the
most closely
held secrets of
China, long the
world's most
technologically
advanced
country. Both
epic and
intimate, The
Man Who Loved
China tells
the sweeping
story of China
through
Needham's
remarkable life.
Here is an
unforgettable
tale of what
makes men,
nations, and,
indeed, mankind
itself great.
Simon
Winchester,
OBE, is a
British author
and journalist
who lives in the
United States
and Scotland.
Winchester
studied geology
at St
Catherine's
College, Oxford
before working
in Africa and on
offshore oil
rigs. He then
spent a
twenty-year
career as a
foreign
correspondent
for The
Guardian,
winning several
awards. While at
The Guardian, he
was a witness to
the events of
Bloody Sunday.
He has more
recently written
for such
publications as
Condé Nast
Traveler,
Smithsonian
Magazine, and
National
Geographic and
book reviews for
The New York
Times. He lives
on a small farm
in
Massachusetts,
as well as in
the Western
Isles of
Scotland. Before
his success in
book writing he
was notable for
being a
journalist held
captive by the
Argentinean
forces in the
Falkland
Islands. In the
BBC television
drama about the
invasion, An
Ungentlemanly
Act, he was
played by Paul
Geoffrey.
Winchester has
traveled widely
around the
world.
Winchester's
most recent book
is The Man
Who Loved China
(2008) about the
British
biochemist and
Chinese scholar
Joseph Needham.
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