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[Answer] Why wasn’t science invented in China?
jacobjacob
9 Jan 2021 19:07 UTC
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The modern Scientific Revolution occurred in Europe between the 16th and 18th Centuries. Why did it not happen in China? Historian Toby Huff claims the reason is that China was unable to produce modern science primarily because a lack of the requisite intellectual freedom. Was he basically correct?
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