THE RISE OF EARLY MODERN SCIENCE : Islam, China, and the West /
Now in its third edition, The Rise of Early Modern Science argues that to understand why modern science arose in the West it is essential to study not only the technical aspects of scientific thought but also the religious, legal and institutional arrangements that either opened the doors for enquir...
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2017
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