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Observing the Unseen: Curiosity and Common Knowledge in Early Modern China

Observing the Unseen: Curiosity and Common Knowledge in Early Modern China

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Format: Hardback
Length: 258 pages
Publication date: 28 April 2026
Publisher: University of Washington Press

Whether through medical encyclopedias, daily-use almanacs, or novels and anecdotes, readers pursued knowledge of the natural world with curiosity shaped as much by wonder as by empiricism. Andrew Schonebaum reveals that for many readers, stories were an important source of reliable information about the world.

Weight: 492g
Dimension: 157 x 239 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780295754222

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