Observing the Unseen

Name: Observing the Unseen
Author: Schonebaum, Andrew
ISBN: 9780295754222

Curiosity and Common Knowledge in Early Modern China

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ISBN: 9780295754222

Published: April 28, 2026

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Pub. Country: United States

Format: Hardback

Pages: 258

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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.

20 Illustrations, black and white

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