I can&#x27;t not mention Joseph Needham, British biochemist, who developed an interest in things Chinese.<p>In the early 1950s, Needham wrote a proposal for what he suggested might be a one-volume work covering the history of Chinese scientific, mathematical, engineering, and other arts.  As of 2016, there are 24 volumes of the work completed, with another three still in process (Needham himself died in 1995).<p>The story is the subject of journalist and author Simon Winchester&#x27;s book, <i>The Man Who Loved China</i>.  There are also several condensations and abridged summaries of Needham&#x27;s work, including the single-volume <i>The Genius of China</i> (1986) and a five volume work, <i>The Shorter Science and Civilisation</i>.<p>The organisation and treatment of the work (detailed in the first and second volumes of Needham&#x27;s original, and in the summaries and Winchester&#x27;s account) are instructive as to how to write a history of science.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Joseph_Needham" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Joseph_Needham</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Science_and_Civilisation_in_China" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Science_and_Civilisation_in_...</a>