1900–1995 British scientist who turned from embryology to the history of science in China.
Keywords: embryology; history; China
Needham, Joseph
JA Witkowski, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0003597
| Further Reading | |
| book Needham J (1931) Chemical Embryology. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. | |
| book Needham J (1934) A History of Embryology. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. | |
| book Needham J (1942) Biochemistry and Morphogenesis. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. | |
| book Needham J (1943) Time: The Refreshing River. London: George Allen & Unwin. [A collection of essays covering many of Needham's interests. It is doubtful whether any contemporary scientist has a comparable breadth of learning.] | |
| book Needham J (1954) Science and Civilisation in China, Vol. 1: Introductory Orientations. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. | |
| Cowling M (1993) Joseph Needham and the history of Chinese science. The New Criterion 11: 18. | |
| book Davies M (ed.) (1990) A Selection from the Writings of Joseph Needham. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. | |
| book Holorenshaw H (1973) "The making of an honorary Taoist". In: Teich M and Young R (eds) Changing Perspectives in the History of Science. London: Heinemann. [The article was written by Needham; ‘Holorenshaw’ was a pseudonym used by him originally for a book he published on the English Civil War, The Levellers and the English Revolution, Gollancz, London, 1939.] | |
| book Werskey G (1978) The Visible College. London: Allen Lane. [An account of Needham and his fellow socialist scientists.] | |
| Witkowski JA (1987) Optimistic analysis – chemical embryology in Cambridge 1920–1942. Medical History 31: 247–268. | |
