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  1. Hampshire College, 893 West Street, 01002, Amherst, MA, USA

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Pacey, A. (2008). Technology. In: Selin, H. (eds) Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4425-0_9790

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