Joseph Needham quotes

Joseph Needham was a British biochemist, historian, and sinologist, renowned for his groundbreaking work on the history of Chinese science and technology. His multi-volume work "Science and Civilisation in China" brought global attention to the scientific achievements of ancient China. He played a key role in fostering cultural and academic exchange between the East and West. Here are 3 of his quotes:

The hierarchy of relations, from the molecular structure of carbon to the equilibrium of the species and ecological whole, will perhaps be the leading idea of the future.

Joseph Needham

Although there is a very large literature, still growing almost daily, on the Chinese calendar, its interest is, we suggest, much more archaeological and historical than scientific.

Joseph Needham