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1 - Why Some Comparisons Make More Difference than Others

from Part I - Methodological Issues and Goals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 December 2017

By
Nathan Sivin
Edited by
G. E. R. Lloyd  and
Jingyi Jenny Zhao
In collaboration with
Qiaosheng Dong
G. E. R. Lloyd
Affiliation:
Needham Research Institute, Cambridge
Jingyi Jenny Zhao
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Qiaosheng Dong
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
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Ancient Greece and China Compared , pp. 33 - 39
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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