Simon Winchester
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A captivating portrait of the eccentric scholar whose work on China changed “the thinking of the entire Western world.”
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Simon Winchester
A celebrated foreign correspondent for Condé Nast Traveler, The Guardian, National Geographic and others, Simon Winchester has authored numerous books that highlight eccentric and obscure British intellectuals who have had a disproportionably huge impact on modern civilization. These include pioneering 19th century geologist William Smith (The Map That Changed The World), Dr W. C. Minor, the convicted murderer who helped write the Oxford English Dictionary (The Professor and The Madman) and Joseph Needham, the brilliant Cambridge scientist who unlocked the most closely held secrets of China (The Man Who Loved China). An Oxford graduate living in Massachusetts, Winchester received an OBE from Queen Elizabeth in 2006.
