The Great Inertia: Scientific Stagnation in Traditional China.
By Wen-yuan Qian. Croom Helm: 1984. Pp. 155. £15.95, $24.
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Cullen, C. Essays into history. Nature 312, 789 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/312789a0
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