The Two Lives of Cheng Maolan: From the French Silk Road to Astronomy to the Meanders of Mao's China

by Yi Zhou, Yves Gomas, Thierry Montmerle

This book presents the exceptional biography of the 20th century Chinese astronomer Cheng Maolan, who came to France in 1926 on a China-France cooperation program to do his PhD with the idea of returning to China after a few years. Instead, he lived two lives. He first stayed in France and studied astronomy in Lyon, the "Silk city", where he suffered the hardships of the German occupation, but also witnessed the construction of the Haute-Provence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030999297
• ISBN13: 9783030999292
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"