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Joseph Needham

Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham (9 December 1900 - 24 March 1995) was a British biochemist, historian of science and sinologist known for his scientific research and writing on the history of Chinese science and technology, initiating publication of the multivolume Science and Civilisation in China. A focus of his was what has come to be called #The Needham Question|the Needham Question of why and how China had ceded its leadership in Science and Technology to Western countries.

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