Alexander Monro talks about his highly-acclaimed book 'The Paper Trail'

May 08, 2015, 03:01 PM

Alexander Monro, author of 'The Paper Trail' joined us at Asia House to discuss how paper, a technology invented in China more than two millennia ago, ended up reaching Europe and facilitated both the Renaissance and the Reformation despite most intellectuals of the day barely paying it any attention.

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