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Science EncyclopediaScience & Philosophy: Methane to Molecular clockModernity - East Asia - Civilization And Enlightenment: Meiji Japan (1868ā1912), Belated Enlightenment: China (1880sā1920s), Urban Cosmopolitan Modernity (1920sā1930s)