Lu Guizhen and Li Yuese

Author: Wang Qian Guo Zhong
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Publish Date: 1999-01-01
Features: This book is a biographical account centered around Lu Gui Zhen, narrating the cross-border life and marriage of a female scholar. She was the daughter of a pharmaceutical merchant in Nanjing, studied at Cambridge University in the 1930s, and was a doctoral student under the guidance of Li Yuese's wife, Li Da Fei. Afterward, Lu Gui Zhen worked in the United States and France before settling in the United Kingdom. After Li Yuese's wife passed away, she married Li. Lu Gui Zhen was the inspiration behind Li Yuese's work China's History of Science and Technology. Lu Gui Zhen was the hormone and inspiration behind Li Yuese's China's History of Science and Technology, and it was she who brought forth the Li Yuese we know today. Lu Gui Zhen was Li Yuese's longest-serving close collaborator and, in their later years, they became partners in life. Based on extensive interviews with her relatives and friends, the book vividly portrays her university life, her meeting and collaboration with Li Yuese, and the legendary journey of co-authoring China's History of Science and Technology, celebrating her noble spirit dedicated to science throughout her life.