Personal luck: Why premodern China-probably-did not develop probabilistic thinking

Mark Elvin^*

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	Concepts of Nature
Subtitle of host publication	A Chinese-European Cross-Cultural Perspective
Editors	Hans Ulrich Vogel, Gunter Dux
Publisher	Brill Academic Publishers
Pages	400-468
Number of pages	69
ISBN (Electronic)	9789004185265
Publication status	Published - 2010

Name	Conceptual History and Chinese Linguistics
Volume	1
ISSN (Print)	2210-2884

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Personal luck: Why premodern China-probably-did not develop probabilistic thinking. / Elvin, Mark.
Concepts of Nature: A Chinese-European Cross-Cultural Perspective. ed. / Hans Ulrich Vogel; Gunter Dux. Brill Academic Publishers, 2010. p. 400-468 (Conceptual History and Chinese Linguistics; Vol. 1).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

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