Auckland City Libraries invites you to a very special eventAn evening with Simon Winchester
THIS EVENT NOW CANCELLED AS A RESULT OF SIMON'S FLIGHT FROM THE US BEING CANCELLED MEANING HE WILL ARIVE IN THE COUNTRY 24 HOURS LATER.
His Christchurch event will still go ahead. details on later blog
posting.
Don't miss this opportunity to hear bestselling author Simon Winchester (The Surgeon of Crowthorne, The Map that Changed the World) discuss his new book Bomb, Book & Compass (alternate title The Man Who Loved China), the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham (1900-1995), the brilliant and eccentric Cambridge scientist who unlocked China's most closely held secrets.
Needham's thrilling and dangerous journeys to the far-flung outposts of China, vividly recreated by Winchester, consolidated his deep admiration for the Chinese people. Both epic and intimate, Bomb, book & compass is an unforgettable tale of what makes men, nations, and mankind itself great - related by one of the world's inimitable storytellers.
Needham's thrilling and dangerous journeys to the far-flung outposts of China, vividly recreated by Winchester, consolidated his deep admiration for the Chinese people. Both epic and intimate, Bomb, book & compass is an unforgettable tale of what makes men, nations, and mankind itself great - related by one of the world's inimitable storytellers.
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