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A 4 page paper. If China had living standards that were comparable to those in Europe and if they had offered the world so many innovations, why did the scientific revolution not occur in China as it did in Europe? This is a question that has been debated for decades. This essay discusses the thoughts of a number of experts. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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or even our languages" (1993). Few would disagree with Dick but there is a question that many ask - why was this in Europe and not in China? While most
experts suggest China experienced no scientific revolution, others suggest there was such an event but it did not carry with it the social consequences that were seen in the West
(Sivin, 1992). Yet, it was the Chinese who gave the world "paper, gunpowder, movable type, porcelain" and a vast number of other inventions (De Long, 2000). Bekar and Lipsey stated:
"the scientific revolution of the Early Modern Period, dating from roughly 1450 to 1700, was unique to the West. No other society showed signs of generating such a revolution" (2001).
The question of why the scientific revolution took place in Europe and not in China is a complex and difficult question to answer in a small amount of space. Bekar
and Lipsey suggest that in Medieval Europe, universities promoted and encouraged liberal scientific inquiry, which is why discoveries and inventions were able to come about (2001). Also, the environment at
the universities provided an environment where science could develop cumulatively (Bekar and Lipsey, 2001). A second reason is that the Christian church both "accepted and encouraged the natural philosophy that
evolved into early modern science" (Bekar and Lipsey, 2001). Study has shown that until the end of the 18th century, living standards in China were at least comparable to
those in Europe (Bekar and Lipsey, 2001). There was a high level of literacy in China and they had contributed substantially to technology that was in use in Europe
(Bekar and Lipsey, 2001). Some, like Needham, posit that Chinese science was even beyond that in the West, perhaps as late as the early 18th century (Bekar and Lipsey, 2001).
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