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abacus, 68, 70
Academia Sinica, 91, 93, 174, 175
Alley, Rewi, 111–16, 124, 125, 147, 264
Baillie School and, 116, 117, 127n.27
on his precarious position in China, 114
homosexuality of, 112, 117n.23
photo, 115
work with Chinese guerrilla industries, 112–15, 211
American Historical Review, 224
Aylward, Gladys, 118n.24, 120n.25
Anderson, Hugh, 18
Anyang tombs, 91–92
aerodynamics and flying, Chinese, 1
Attlee, Clement, 32
Auden, W. H., 112
awards and honors, Joseph Needham’s, 28–29, 197, 238–40, 250, 251
Bacon, Francis, 8
Baillie, Joseph, 115
Baillie Schools, 83, 115–17, 118n.24, 127n.27
Balazs, Étienne, 261
Balkh, fabled city of, 134
Bao Pu Zi, 1
Bao River, 110
Barnes, E. W., 13, 14
Bauer, Peter, 229
Beijing, China, pinyin term, 225n.47
Belden, Jack, 58
Bell, Vanessa, 230n.51
Beltz, Ed, 103, 125
Beria, Lavrenty, 213–14
Bernal, J. D., 32
Bessemer, Henry, 185
Bevan, Nye, 32
Biochemical Institute, Cambridge University, 20, 21, 35–36, 37
Biochemistry and Morphogenesis (J. Needham), 50
biological agents, accusations of U.S. use of, in Korean War, 199–216
early Chinese use of biological agents and, 199
biological agents
Japanese use of biological agents, and, 101
Joseph Needham’s role in investigating, 203–12, 220
U.S. research into, and ultimate decision to ban, 202, 203n.43
voles as disease vector, 200–202
Birds of South China, The (Caldwell), 149
Bish, Stanley, 250, 251–52
Black Crow Sand Pass, 127
Bland-Sutton, John, 15–16
Blincoe, Alfred, 16, 17
bombs, biological agents in Chinese, 199
Book of Changes, 191
Book of the Mystery-Penetrating Master, The, 192
books and manuscripts
earliest Chinese book (Diamond Sutra), 101–2, 131, 138–39
Joseph Needham’s collection of Chinese, 151, 174–177, 194–95, 242–44, 248–49
Boston, Richard, 224
botany, Chinese, 61, 65–66, 155–56
Bray, Francesca, 233
work on Science and Civilisation in China, 241–42, 244
bridges, Chinese, 11, 121–22, 185–86
British Academy, Joseph Needham elected to, 238
Britain-China Friendship Association, 226
British Council, 53
British Foreign Office, 53, 209
British Museum, Aurel Stein’s collecting expedition for, 135–40
British Peace Society, 227
Brook, Charles, 18
Brooke, Christopher, 180
Bryan, Derek, marriage to Liao Hongying, and their advocacy for China, 142–43, 226
Buck, Pearl, 38
Buddhism and Buddhists in China, 130–32
Burbidge, Peter, 196
Burma Road, 79
Caius College, Cambridge University, 18, 32, 173–74, 224
College Council, 229
Joseph Needham elected president of fellows of (1959), 229–31
Joseph Needham’s oil portrait at, 241
Joseph Needham’s rooms at, 38, 168–70
Joseph Needham’s status at, 124, 168–73, 220–24, 228–32
tradition of ancient gates used by individuals from, 242–43
Caldwell, John, 149
calipers, Chinese, 187 Cambridge Review, 217
Cambridge University. See also Caius College, Cambridge University
“Blue” award at, 73n.15
Joseph Needham enters, as student, 4, 17–28
Joseph Needham’s return to, after diplomatic mission to China, 166–67
Joseph Needham’s status at, 124, 168–73, 220–24, 228–32
students at, in 1968 era of social movements, 231
Cambridge University Press, publisher of Science and Civilisation in China
decision to continue publishing, 242
expansion of Science and Civilisation in China volumes, 192–93
initial proposal for, 170, 171, 172, 173
monographs emerging from Science and Civilisation in China, 192n.40
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, 227
Campbell, Malcolm, 22
camels, 127
Carnegie Institution, 212
Celestial Lancets: A History of Acupuncture, 192n.40
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), United States, 166, 212
ceramics, Chinese, 120
chain drive, Chinese, 185
Chambers, Frank, 17
Chang’an, China, 100n19, 128, 132, 161. See also Xi’an, China
Chang Jiang River. See Yangzi River
Chatley, Herbert, 196 Chemical Embryology (J. Needham), 28, 180
Chengdu, Sichuan Province, Needham’s visit to, 81–82
Chen Lun, 70
chess (game), Chinese xiangqi, 187
Chiang Kai-shek (Nationalist Chinese leader), 40, 47, 73, 78, 95, 102, 115, 128, 141, 142, 198
Chi Chhoa-Ting, 196
Chidzey, Blanche, 26
Childers, Erskine, 19
Children of Huang Shi, The (film), 118n.24
China. See also Nationalist government, China; People’s Republic of China
British mission to academics in, 51–54
changes in, since Joseph Needham’s first visit, 253–57
economy in World War II-era, 95–96
industry in World War II-era, 112–14
Japanese invasion and occupation of, iv, 7, 46–48, 51, 63, 76, 77–79, 112, 143–46, 149, 151–55
Joseph Needham expedition to northwestern, 100–43
Joseph Needham expedition to southeastern, 143–55
Joseph Needham expedition to southwestern, 155–57
maps of, iv, 62–63, 101
Needham Question regarding science and technology in, 37–38, 57, 157, 190, 222, 259–62
revolution of 1911, 7
scientific and technological achievements, 8–9 (see also inventions, Chinese)
scientific and technological future of, 262–65
states, kingdoms, and dynasties (see Appendix II)
unchanging aspects of, 257–62
western perceptions of, and prejudices about, 7–9, 222–24
China advocates
Derek Bryan and Liao Hongying as, 103, 105, 125
Joseph Needham as, 48–49, 50, 94–96, 225–28, 234–37
China Inland Mission, 110 China Monthly Review, 215
China National Aviation Corporation, 1, 141
China Travel Service, 106, 147 Chin Chuan So Chi (Li Xinheng), 121–22
Chinese Academy of Sciences, 203
Chinese Industrial Cooperative (CIC), 113–14
Chinese language
calligraphy, 44–45, 265
Joseph Needham’s study of, 39–45
Joseph Needham’s typewriter and transliteration of, 178n.37
modern, 257
names and, 40–41
origin of phrase gung ho, 113
pinyin for Beijing, 225n.47
transliteration of, 42n.8
Chinese people
attitudes of, 258–59
bureaucracy and attitudes of, toward government, 87–88
ingenuity of, 86
modern, 258
opinions of, about Japanese, 76–77
scientists, 94, 203–4, 207, 214–15
“traits” of, 133
water and hydraulics in history of, 105–9
Chinese Turkestan (Xinjiang),
Joseph Needham expedition to, 100–43
Chinghua University Radio Research Institute, 98
Chongqing, China, 47
as World War II-era capital of China, 75–77
contemporary, 253–57
Japanese attacks on World War II-era, 4–5, 76–77
Joseph Needham’s arrival in World War II-era, 1–6, 9–10, 71–75
Joseph Needham’s description of, 80
rats in, 80n.17
Christians and Christianity in China, 110
Chun Qiu Fan Lu (Dong Zhongshu), 168
Chungking, 2. See also Chongqing, China
Churchill, Winston, 54, 71, 97
Cicero affair, 48n.10
Cinnabar Mountains, 127
Clark-Kerr, Archibald, 112
Cold War International History Project, Carnegie Institution, 212
Columbia University, 211–12
Communist Party, British, 33
Communist Party and government, Chinese, 95, 99, 176n.35, 198, 222–23. See also Mao Zedong (Chinese Communist leader); People’s Republic of China; Zhou Enlai (Chinese Communist leader)
Companionship of Honor awarded to Joseph Needham, 250
compass, Chinese magnetic, 97, 183–84, 186
Complete Books of the Four Imperial Repositories, The (Siku Quanshu), 176n.36
Confucius and Confucianism, 128, 156, 191
Complete Collection of Illustrations and Writings of Ancient and Modern Times, The (Chinese imperial encyclopedia), 176–77
Cook, Stanley, 221
Cornford, John, 33
Cornford-McLaurin Fund, 33, 34
Corps of Messengers, British, 71
Cort, J. H., 227
Crescent Moon Lake, 129
Crick, Francis, 240
Crook, David, 58
Crowther, J. G., 53, 54, 57, 164
Cullen, Christopher, 251
Cultural Revolution (1966–1976), 231, 234, 235
names given to children during, 40n.7
Czechoslovakia, “Prague Spring” in (1968), 231
Dadu River, 85, 186
Daily Worker (Britain), 57
Daoism, 191, 192
Daquan River, 129
Darwinism, 13, 14
Deng Xiaoping (Chinese Communist leader), 237
Diamond Sutra, 101–2, 131, 138–39
Dictionary of National Biography (DNB), 230n.51
Diebold, John, 248, 249
dinosaur fossil Lufengosaurus, 156
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), double helix model of, 240
Dong Zhongshu, 168
Driberg, Tom, 233
Dunhuang oasis and caves, 101, 102, 105, 128–32, 134–39
East Asian History of Science trust, 243–44
Eden, Anthony, 56
Eggleston, Frederick, 87
elements, five Chinese, 168
Elers, Peter, 233
Ellis, Havelock, 32
Emblica officinalis, 155
encyclopedia, imperial Chinese, 176–77
English Gymnosophist Society, 22
Epidemic Prevention Bureau, Lanzhou, China, 122
erotic texts, Chinese Daoist, 192
explorations, Chinese seagoing, 186, 194
extraterritoriality as legal concept, 72n.14
Far Eastern Survey, 228
Far East War Council, 54
Fessel, Klaus, 196
Fire-Drake Manual, The 199
Fisher, Ronald, 179–80
fishing reel, Chinese, 186
Fitch, James, 196
Foot, Dingle, 32
foot-binding practice in China, 119–20
Forster, E. M. 32
Fort Detrick, Maryland, chemical warfare research center at, 203
Foster, Dorothy, 20
Foster (Snow), Helen, 112, 113
Fox, Munro, 221
Franklin, Rosalind, 240
Franklin, Sidney, 38
Freedom of Information Act, U.S., 212
French Indochina, 79, 156
fuels used on Joseph Needham’s Chinese expeditions, 103n.20
Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China, Joseph Needham’s expedition to, 143–55
danger of approaching Japanese troops, 143–46, 149, 151–55
incident at Xiang River bridge, Hengyang, 152–54
map, 144
Gang of Four, 235
Gao, Kimmie, 81
Gaselee, Stephen, 58
Gate of Sorrows, 128
Gauss, Clarence, 99
Ge Hong, 1
Georg
e IV, British king, 197
gimbals, Chinese, 186–87
Glukhov, KGB agent, 212, 213
Gobi Desert, 122, 126, 128, 263
Gollancz, Victor, 32, 49
Goes, Bento de, 264
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University, 18, 169, 228, 242
Good Earth, The (Buck), 38
Grand Canal, 184
Great Britain
Battle of the Tennis Court against Japanese, 155n.31
embassy in World War II-era Chongqing, 71–77
response of, to founding of People’s Republic of China, 226n.49
Great Astronomical Clocks of Mediaeval China, The, 192n.40
Great Canon of the Yongle Emperor’s Era, The (Yongle dadien), 176n.36
Great Leap Forward economic plan, People’s Republic of China, 234
Great Wall, 126–27, 128
Guangdong Province, China, 143, 158
Guang Wei (Joseph Needham’s driver), 102
Guangzhou, China, 51
Guanyin (Buddhist goddess), 156 Guan Zi, 44
guerilla industries, Chinese, 112–14
Guild of Saint Luke, 19
Gujin tushu jicheng, 176 gung ho, origin of phrase, 113
Gung Ho cooperatives, 114–15, 211
gunpowder, Chinese, 92
Guo Moruo (scientist), role in accusing United States of biological warfare, 203–5
Gutenberg, Johannes, 218
Gwynne-Vaughan, Helen, 148
gymnosophy, Joseph Needham’s interest in, 22–23
Haldane, J. B. S., 21n.1
Haloun, Gustav, 44
Han dynasty, 187, 188