# Bomb, Book and Compass

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- Książka: [Bomb, Book and Compass](https://www.kolczanksiazek.pl/simon-winchester/en/bomb-book-and-compass) ([Bomb, Book and Compass.md](https://www.kolczanksiazek.pl/simon-winchester/en/bomb-book-and-compass.md))
- Autorzy: [Simon Winchester](https://www.kolczanksiazek.pl/simon-winchester)
- Wydawnictwo: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4188-989-4
- Data wydania: 2008-09-25
- Język: en_GB
- Oprawa: E-book

## Opis

Before fate intervened, Joseph Needham was a distinguished biochemist at Cambridge University, married to a fellow scientist. In 1937 he was asked to supervise a young Chinese student named Lu Gwei-Djen, and in that moment began the two greatest love affairs of his life - Miss Lu, and China. Miss Lu inspired Needham to travel to China where he initially spent three dangerous years as a wartime diplomat. He established himself as the pre-eminent China scholar of all time, firm in his belief that China would one day achieve world prominence. By the end of his life, Needham had become a truly global figure, travelling endlessly and honoured by all - though banned from America because of his politics. And in 1989, after a fifty-two year affair, he finally married the woman who had first inspired his passion. The Magnificent Barbarian is Simon Winchester at his best - at once a magnificent portrait of one man's remarkable life and a riveting exploration of the country that so engaged him.