Glass in the east and west and its consequences
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Authors
Dugan, David
Publication Date
2004-08-17Language
en_GB
Type
Video
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Dugan, D. (2004). Glass in the east and west and its consequences [Video file]. http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/660
Abstract
Why does one culture take one path and not another? The relative absence of glass in East Asia explains many features about the differences of civilizations, but we should be careful about deducing effects. The importance of glass for navigation and other practical sciences. Simon Schaffer explains in Faraday’s laboratory.
Keywords
industrial revolution, science
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