Chris Cullen
Director of the Needham Research Institute in Cambridge
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
ScienceFellows of the Royal SocietyForeign associates of the National Academy of SciencesFellows of the British AcademyCivil wars in ChinaBritish biochemistsAlumni of Gonville and Caius College, CambridgeMembers of the Order of the Companions of Honour20th-century British scientistsAxial Age civilizationsHistory
The Needham Question
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Needham Question, which asks why China’s medieval technological advancement was overtaken by that of a relative backwater called Europe.
19 October 2006
Also featuring: Tim Barrett, Frances Wood
China's Warring States period
Melvyn Bragg discusses an epoch of astonishing productivity in Chinese history after Confucius and before the Terracotta Army that has great parallels with the golden age of Greek culture.
1 April 2004
Also featuring: Vivienne Lo, Carol Michaelson