How did Western science compare with the sciences of other civilizations?
A) The West was the only civilization to develop scientific and technological expertise
B) In China, science was based on practical, empirical advances.
C) The West was not alone in developing crucial scientific data, but its thinkers were the only ones to see science in broader philosophical terms as central to intellectual life.
D) Islam remained vastly ahead of the West in terms of scientific knowledge , despite the clear advances made during the Scientific Revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Ans: C) The West was not alone in developing crucial scientific data, but its thinkers were the only ones to see science in broader philosophical terms as central to intellectual life.
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