Reminiscence of a roving scholar
Subtitle: science, humanities, and Joseph Needham
By: Ho Peng Yoke.
Publisher: World Scientific Pub. Co.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New Jersey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Needham, Joseph, -- 1900-1995; Scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Science -- China -- History.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "This book presents the unusual career of a scientist of Chinese Malaysian origin, Ho Peng Yoke, who became a humanist and rendered his services to both Eastern and Western intellectual worlds. It describes how Ho adapted to working under changing social and academic environments in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Hong Kong and England. His activities also covered East Asia, Europe and North America."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.