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Lu Gwei-djen ( Chinese: 魯桂珍; pinyin: Lǔ Guìzhēn; Wade–Giles: Lu Kui-chen; July 22, 1904 – November 28, 1991) was a Chinese biochemist and historian. She was an expert on the history of science and technology in China and a researcher of nutriology.
Learn about the life and achievements of Dr. Gwei-Djen Lu-Needham, a pioneer in vitamin research and the principal driving force behind the "Science & Civilization in China" series with Joseph Needham. Explore her biography, career, publications and legacy at the Needham Research Institute.
Its author, Lu Gwei-djen, was the gifted daughter of an apothecary who, through the fortunate chance of being born in the city of Nanjing, had attended Ginling College, the first university in China to award degrees to women.
Jul 1, 2008 · When a clever and pretty young Chinese scientist, Lu Gwei-djen, arrived in Cambridge from Nanjing in 1937 to study under Needham's wife Dorothy, he began a life-long affair.
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LU GWEI-DJEN, JOSEPH NEEDHAM, AND PHAN CHI-HSING An outstanding discovery was made by Robin Yates in June 1985, when visiting the Buddhist cave temples at Ta-tsu' (Dazu) in Szechuan, about 250 kilometers northwest of Chungking (see fig. 1; all super-script numerals refer to Chinese characters in fig. 1). In the Pei-shan2
Jun 27, 2024 · Lu Gwei-Djen and Joseph Needham: Celestial lancets: a history and rationale of acupuncture and Moxa. xxi, 427 pp. Cambridge,etc: Cambridge University Press, 1980. £45. - Volume 45 Issue 1
Dec 6, 2012 · Simon Winchester on Lu Gwei-Djen, Needham's Assistant The Asia Society - Asia Society With his new book, The Man Who Loved China, author Simon Winchester traces the explorations (and romances) of Joseph Needham (1900-1995), a British scientist who eventually became the Western world's preeminent Chinese scholar.At the Asia Society ...
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