Robert Temple

Robert Temple is the author of more than twenty books on a variety of subjects. Recently, his book A New Science of Heaven deals with the subjects of this conference. Temple is an independent scholar who has been appointed an Adjunct Professor of Humanities, History, and Philosophy of Science at an American university, and a Visiting Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at Tsinghua University in Beijing. As a former colleague of Joseph Needham of Cambridge, he is the author of a book on the history of science and technology in China over 3,000 years—a book authorized for use in the Chinese school system. Temple became a member of the Council of the China-U.S. Center for Sustainable Development in 2000–2001. He is presently Chairman of five European cultural foundations.