Why western science conquered the world

Stanford historian Ian Morris wrote a book "Why the West Rules - For Now: The patterns of history and what they reveal about the future" (2010) about why western science and not eastern science rules the world.

It is an interesting question, as for example medival times China was scientifically and technologically vastly superior to medival Europe.

Why western science conquered the world - opinion - 01 November 2010 - New Scientist