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kej · 2017-08-24 · Original thread
There's a decent book that covers exactly this point: https://www.amazon.com/How-Scots-Invented-Modern-World/dp/06...
ncd · 2016-09-01 · Original thread
If anyone else is interested in learning more about this, I just finished a fantastic book that covers it in some detail.

https://www.amazon.com/How-Scots-Invented-Modern-World/dp/06...

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