| Title |
'Synthetic Survey of the Characteristics of Chinese Science' |
| Reference |
SCC2/343 |
| Covering Dates |
1945–19 Nov. 1976 |
| Extent and Medium |
Paper |
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| Content and context |
See Joseph Needham's original file title (SCC2/243/50) for more information on the scope of the survey and its place in 'Science and Civilisation in China'. |
| Needham/NRI2/SCC2/343 contains: |
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1
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Reprint of an article by Else Frenkel-Brunswik entitled 'A Study of Prejudice in Children', ('Human Relations', 1948).
1 document; Paper. |
1948 |
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2
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Sub-file of 'material for a concluding ch [chapter] to support an opening ch [chapter] to social sect [section]'. This includes one page of notes from a 'talk with JDB [John Desmond Bernal] 16/2/49'.
14 sheets; Paper. |
1945–1969 |
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3
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Letter from Dr. Zdenek Horsky of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences inviting Joseph Needham to attend an International Symposium on 'Antiquity and the Beginning of Modern Science - Renaissance and 17th Century', and related documents. The related documents comprise a leaflet describing the conference 'Antiquity and the Present' of which the Symposium is a part; copy of Needham's reply.
Creator: Horsky, Zdenek; Needham, Joseph.
3 sheets; Paper. |
3 Nov. 1965–20 Dec. 1965 |
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4
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Reprint of a paper by Else Frenkel-Brunswik entitled 'Intolerance of Ambiguity as an Emotional and Perceptual Personality Variable', ('Journal of Personality').
16 sheets; Paper. |
Sep. 1949 |
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5
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Letter from Axel L. Stern of Edinburgh, about his work on Lao Tzu [?? / Lao Zi] and the 'Tao Tê Ching [??? / Dao De Jing]', and other matters, and related documents. Other matters discussed include a work on the 'Tao Tê Ching [??? / Dao De Jing]' by a Soviet sinologist Yong Hing-chung; the establishment of a Britain China Friendship Association group in Edinburgh. The related documents comprise a copy of Stern's paper 'Remarks on Two Chapters of Laotse's Tao Teh Ching', ('Synthese' 1950); notes.
Creator: Stern, Axel L.
8 sheets; Paper. |
1950–10 Apr. 1951 |
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6
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Reprint of a paper by Shih-Hsiang Chen entitled 'In Search of the Beginnings of Chinese Literary Criticism', ('Semitic and Oriental Studies', 1951).
10 sheets; Paper. |
1951 |
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7
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Reprint of a review by Bentley Glass of F. S. C. Northrop, 'The Logic of the Sciences and the Humanities', ('The Quarterly Review of Biology', U.S.A.). Joseph Needham notes that this deals with 'postulation & intuition'.
3 sheets; Paper. |
Sep. 1949 |
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8
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Copy of a 'Nature' article by D. M. MacKay entitled 'Calculating Machines and Human Thought'. The article is a report of a Colloquium on 'Les Machines à Calculer et la Pensée humaine' held in Paris, France, January 1951. The pages also contain an article by E D Van Rest entitled 'Scientific Method in Industry', reporting on a Conference of the Royal Statistical Society'.
2 sheets; Paper. |
17 Mar. 1951 |
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9
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Letter from Ida Pruitt of Indusco Inc., the American Committee in Aid of Chinese Industrial Cooperatives, looking forward to a Joseph Needham talk. Attached to the letter are Needham's brief notes for the talk. The talk covered Needham's time in China; China's contribution to international understanding; 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Creator: Pruitt, Ida; Needham, Joseph.
2 sheets; Paper. |
27 Apr. 1950 |
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10
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Copy of a letter from Joseph Needham to R. Berthelot of Paris, France, commenting on his book 'L'Astrobiologie et la Pensée de l'Asie', and related documents. The related documents comprise Berthelot's reply; Needham's notes on the book.
Creator: Needham, Joseph; Berthelot, R.
12 sheets; Paper. |
8 Jan. 1951–22 Jan. 1951 |
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11
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Part of a letter from E. R. Dodds of Oxford about Joseph Needham's account of the Greek development of Natural Law and the Laws of Nature, and related documents. The related documents comprise a copy of an article by Dodds entitled 'Why Greek Rationalism Failed', ('The Listener', 8 May 1952); copy of a 'New Statesman and Nation' review of Dodds' book 'The Greeks and the Irrational', (University of California Press, 1951); Needham's notes on Dodds' book.
Creator: Dodds, E. R.; Needham, Joseph.
9 sheets; Paper. |
19 Apr. 1952–8 May 1952 |
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12
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Letter from Ferdy [?] of Saint Bartholomew's Hospital, London, about the interpretation of the term 'schizophrenia', and related document. The related document is a typed quotation from D. K. Henderson and R. D. Gillespie, 'A Text-Book of Psychiatry' giving their interpretation of the term.
2 sheets; Paper. |
1 July 1953 |
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13
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Letter from Thomas F. Mayo of Texas, U.S.A. of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, U.S.A., about his plans for a book to be entitled 'The Great Pendulum', and related documents. The book was to be 'An Essay on the Alternations of Romanticism and Rationalism in the History of Western Culture from 1100 to 1950'. Mayo died in 1954 and the book was never completed. The related documents comprise a detailed typed proposal for the book; copy of Joseph Needham's letter of reply; postcard from Mayo in Paris, France, acknowledging receipt of Needham's letter and advising that he will answer on his return to Texas.
Creator: Mayo, Thomas F.; Needham, Joseph.
13 sheets; Paper. |
30 May 1953–31 Aug. 1953 |
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14
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Cutting of a 'Le Monde' article by Jean Lacroix entitled 'La Philosophie Chrétienne'.
1 document; Paper. |
2 Sep. 1953 |
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15
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Copy of a 'Nature' review by F. I. G. Rawlins of J. Barkleyy Rosser and Atwell R. Turquette, 'Many-valued Logics', (Amsterdam, 1952). The sheet has other reviews but Joseph Needham has highlighted this one.
1 document; Paper. |
21 Nov. 1953 |
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16
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Joseph Needham's notes from a lecture by Carmen Blacker at the London School of Oriental Studies on 'Social Relations of Song Neo-Confucians'.
1 document; Paper. |
1950–1959 |
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17
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Letter from N. W. [Bill] Pirie of Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, inviting Joseph Needham to comment on his paper 'Selecting Facts and Avoiding Assumptions', and related document. The related document is typed list by Needham headed 'cracks from Bill Pirie's 'Selecting Facts and Avoiding Assumptions' typescript, March 1954'.
2 sheets; Paper. |
Mar. 1954 |
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18
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Copy of a 'Nature' article by Dr. W. Mays entitled 'Development of Logical and Mathematical Concepts: Piaget's Recent Psychological Studies'. The documents also include a reprint of the same article.
2 pieces; Paper. |
2 Oct. 1954 |
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19
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Typed English translation of the 'Conclusion of Haudricourt's [A. G. Haudricourt] article on Science - China (Mediaeval)'.
2 sheets; Paper. |
29 June 1955 |
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20
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Typed English translation of the 'Conclusion of Haudricourt's [A. G. Haudricourt] article on Science - China (Ancient)'.
1 document; Paper. |
29 June 1955 |
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21
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Copy of a paper by René de Hetrelon entitled 'Essai sur l'origine des différences de mentalité entre Occident et Extrême-Orient', ('France-Asie'). Joseph Needham notes 'R. de Hetrelon [A. Haudricourt]' and there is a note from Haudricourt at the top of the paper.
4 sheets; Paper. |
1954 |
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22
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Copy of an article by Eugene Kemenka entitled 'A Forgotten Martyr', ('Rationalist Review'). The article is about the Portuguese philosopher Uriel Acosta, (b. 1591).
2 sheets; Paper. |
1955 |
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23
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Copy of an article by Humphrey Skelton entitled 'Moonstruck Philosopher', ('Literary Guide').
1 document; Paper. |
May 1955 |
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24
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Postcard from V. P. [Victor Purcell] of Cambridge, providing a quotation from A. N. Whitehead, 'Science and the Modern World', (Cambridge, 1926) about the reasons for the lack of scientific development in China.
Creator: Purcell, Victor.
1 document; Paper. |
24 Dec. 1956 |
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25
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Letter from Pierre Lachièze-Rey of Lyon, France, about a passage from Bergson in which he speculates that science grew up from the biological-phychological background, and related notes.
Creator: Rey, Pierre Lachièze-.
4 sheets; Paper. |
13 Apr. 1951 |
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26
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Letter from N. W. [Bill] Pirie of Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, asking for a reprint of Joseph Needham's 'Wilkins Lecture', and discussing other matters. The lecture was 'The Missing Link in Horological History - A Chinese Contribution', (6 November 1958). Other matters discussed include a proposed visit to China by Dick Synge; Pirie's article ['Selecting Facts and Avoiding Assumptions'].
Creator: Pirie, N. W.
1 document; Paper. |
11 Mar. 1959 |
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27
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Leaflet advertising Friedrich Dorsch's 'Psychologisches Wörterbuch', (1958). Joseph Needham notes 'look up schizophrenia definition'.
1 document; Paper. |
1958 |
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28
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Typescript translation of a passage from P. M. Cibot, 'Essai sur la Langue et les Caractères des Chinois', (1783), about the general development of science in China.
8 sheets; Paper. |
1950–1959 |
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29
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Copy of a 'Nature' review article by Martin Roth entitled 'Schizophrenia'. The article reviews Derek Richter (Ed.), 'Schizophrenia: Somatic Aspects', (Pregamon Press, London and New York, 1957); Thomas Freeman, John L. Cameron and Andrew McGhie, 'Chronic Schizophrenia', (London, 1958); Julius I. Steinfeld, 'A New Approach to Schizophrenia'.
1 document; Paper. |
15 Aug. 1959 |
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30
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Letter from Rama Chandra Sinha of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, listing questions relating to the development of Western scientific terminology, and related document. The related document is a letter from A. Leslie Sankey [?] of the World Health Organisation in Lucknow, introducing Sinha and advising that 'he is the founder of a world scientific organisation called 'O' which is to save civilisation.'.
Creator: Sinha, Rama Chandra; Sankey, A. Leslie.
3 sheets; Paper. |
22 July 1960–25 July 1960 |
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31
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Part of a letter from Peter Mayer of Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, about his work on Chinese thought structure. The letter refers to Liou Kia-Hway, 'L'Esprint synthétique de la Chine'.
Creator: Mayer, Peter.
1 document; Paper. |
6 Feb. 1965 |
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32
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Letter from Lancelot Law Whyte of London, about his work in developing a unified view of our experience of nature, and related document. The related documents comprise an Whyte's annotated bibliography of his work relating to the subject.
Creator: Whyte, Lancelot Law.
5 sheets; Paper. |
14 Aug. 1965 |
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33
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Annotated copy of a foreword by Prof. David Knowles in C. H. Lawrence (Ed.), 'The English Church and Papacy in the Middle Ages', (London, 1965).
1 document; Paper. |
20 May 1965 |
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34
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Copy of a review article by Julius Gould entitled 'Faustian', ('New Statesman'). The article reviews E. Stillman, 'The Politics of Hysteria'; Richard Lowenthal, 'World Communism'; Douglass Cater, 'Power in Washington'.
1 document; Paper. |
26 Feb. 1965 |
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35
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Joseph Needham's notes from a lecture by A. I. Sabra on 'Astronomy in Arabic Culture'.
3 sheets; Paper. |
31 Oct. 1966 |
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36
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Letter from Prof. Nolan Pliny Jacobson of Winthrop College, Rock Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A., about the cultural circumstances required for the development of science, and related documents. The related documents comprise a typed copy of a paper by Jacobson entitled 'The Cultural Meaning of Science'; copy of an advertisement for Jacobson's book, 'Buddhism: The Religion of Analysis', (Allen & Unwin, 1966); copy of Joseph Needham' reply.
Creator: Jacobson, Nolan Pliny; Needham, Joseph.
19 sheets; Paper. |
3 Feb. 1967–3 Apr. 1967 |
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37
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Joseph Needham's notes from a talk by Ilse Veith on the definition of schizophrenia.
1 document; Paper. |
8 May 1968 |
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38
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Two letters from Lancelot Law Whyte of London, about his work on our conception of human nature, and related document. The related document is a copy of an article by Whyte entitled 'The End of the Age of Separatism', ('Saturday Review').
Creator: Whyte, Lancelot Law.
5 sheets; Paper. |
18 May 1968–14 July 1968 |
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39
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Joseph Needham's notes from a a lecture by Joseph Agassi headed 'Can we learn from History'. The lecture was given at the XIIth International Congress of the History of Science, Paris, 1968.
2 sheets; Paper. |
1968 |
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40
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Joseph Needham's notes from a lecture by R. Hooykaas entitled 'Aims and Methods of Historiography of Science'.
3 sheets; Paper. |
1968 |
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41
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Copy of an article by Maurice Cornforth entitled 'Progress as a Scientific Category', ('Marxism Today').
3 sheets; Paper. |
1962 |
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42
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Copy of an article by Eric Hobsbawm entitled 'Progress in History', ('Marxism Today').
3 sheets; Paper. |
Feb. 1962 |
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43
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Letter from Roland Berger of London, about observations on the Chinese mind in G. W. F. Hegel, 'The Philosophy of History', (New York, 1944), and related notes.
Creator: Berger, Roland.
3 sheets; Paper. |
15 Feb. 1971 |
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44
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Joseph Needham's notes from a lecture by Charles Davis on 'Religion and the Critique of Western Culture'.
4 sheets; Paper. |
19 Nov. 1976 |
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45
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Letter from Jeremy Prynne of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, accompanying a list of references on 'Light and Illumination as Figural Imagery in the Late Neo-Platonic and Related Subsequent Traditions'.
Creator: Prynne, Jeremy.
13 sheets; Paper. |
21 Nov. 1967 |
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46
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Typed bibliography of 'Some Work Referring to or Containing Discussion of Medieval Light Symbolism and Related Themes'. The document was prepared by Jeremy Prynne of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
Creator: Prynne, Jeremy.
4 sheets; Paper. |
6 Mar. 1963 |
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47
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Letter from Robert M. Young of King's College, Cambridge, advising that Dr. P. M. Rattansi has been granted a Senior Research Fellowship.
Creator: Young, Robert M.
1 document; Paper. |
9 Dec. 1966 |
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48
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Letter from Prof. Norman D. Anderson of the School of Education, North Carolina State University, U.S.A., about his work on the history of the Ferris wheel, and copy of Joseph Needham's reply.
Creator: Anderson, Norman D.; Needham, Joseph.
2 sheets; Paper. |
26 Nov. 1984–7 Jan. 1985 |
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49
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Notes.
129 sheets; Paper. |
1950–1969 |
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50
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Joseph Needham's original file title.
1 document; Paper. |
1950–1959 |
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