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On their own terms : science in China, 1550-1900 /

In On Their Own Terms, Benjamin A. Elman offers a much-needed synthesis of early Chinese science during the Jesuit period (1600-1800) and the modern sciences as they evolved in China under Protestant influence (1840s-1900). By 1600 Europe was ahead of Asia in producing basic machines, such as clocks...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Elman, Benjamin A., 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.
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