Scope and Contents The letters form an original bundle attached to a note from Peter Burbidge of Cambridge University Press saying 'Returned with thanks'. The letters are from Aydin Sayili of Ankara, Turkey; P. O. Williams, Director of the Wellcome Trust, London; The Royal Society; Sung Chih-kuang, Chinese Ambassador, London; [?] of the Department of History, University of Chicago; D. M. Dunlop of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A.; Laurence Picken of Jesus College, Cambridge; [?] of the Department of...

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This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.

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The correspondence comprises 2 letters from Fokker; copies of 2 letters from Joseph Needham.
Fokker's letters have been heavily annotated by Dr. Lawrence Picken who looked into the problems raised on behalf of Needham.

Scope and Contents The Symposium attempts 'to decipher the mathological systems contained in several of the ancient 'wisdom' books'.The correspondence comprises 2 letters from Wheeler; copy of 1 letter from Joseph Needham.The related documents comprise a copy of a letter from Wheeler to Nicholas J. Bolton of the University of Oulu, Finland, about Bolton's study of the patterns of the 'I Ching'; copy of a letter from E. G. M. [Ernie McClain ?] to Wheeler, about his study of the history of Chinese...

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The letters comprise a letter from Jones asking for Joseph Needham's thoughts on the subject of Thang music; letter from Laurence Picken of Jesus College Cambridge discussing Jones' performance as a scholar; letter from Jones on completion of the index; letter from Joseph Needham to Jones commenting on the index; 2 further letters from Jones about the index; letter from Peter Burbidge of Cambridge University Press about payment for the work.

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Many of the reviews came to Joseph Needham via Cambridge University Press and are accompanied by an explanatory compliments slip.

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Many of the reviews came to Joseph Needham via Cambridge University Press and are accompanied by an explanatory compliments slip.

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The documents comprise a letter from Picken of Jesus College, Cambridge raising points on the volume; correspondence with Joseph Needham arrising from those points; Joseph Needham's typed response to the points.

Scope and Contents The documents comprise a copy of the review; Joseph Needham's manuscript and typewritten drafts of a response beginning 'Few reviews less illuminating can ever have appeared..'; copy of Joseph Needham's letters to Lau and to the editors of 'Nature'; typescript copy of a response prepared by Laurence Picken of Jesus College, Cambridge; letter to Picken from the editors of 'Nature' stating that 'third parties cannot intervene' and that his response could not be published; letter from Picken to...

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For reviews of 'Heavenly Clockwork' see SCC2/108.

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This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.

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The documents also include a copy of Joseph Needham's reply; a sample of McIntyre's work including translations and notes on 'The Grumbling Mother-in-Law' and 'Song of the Sparrows'; note from Laurence Picken of Jesus College, Cambridge commenting on the work.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds:

This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds:

This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.

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This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.

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The documents also include an invitation to a preview of the film entitled 'Half a Life: A Zoologist's Search for Music'.

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The instrument is a bell with the clapper activated by a rigid wooden cylinder hung at the player's neck.

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This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.

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This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.

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The documents also include a copy of a letter from Joseph Needham to Robinson discussing the matter.

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This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.

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The related documents comprise Robinson's typed 'Modifications to text in light of Lawrence Picken's notes'.

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These files of correspondence are particularly interesting as they provide an insight into people’s opinion of the volumes. Joseph Needham opened a file each time a volume was published.

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Joseph Needham's file title reads 'Physics, acounstics, misc > 70 [Dorothy Needham] > 2nd Edition Material'.

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Many of the reviews came to Joseph Needham via Cambridge University Press and are accompanied by an explanatory compliments slip.