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Horizons: A Global History of Science
A radical retelling of the history of science that challenges the Eurocentric narrative.
We are told that modern science was invented in Europe, the product of great minds like Nicolaus Copernicus, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein. But this is wrong. The history of science is not, and has never been, a uniquely European endeavour.
Copernicus relied on mathematical techniques borrowed from Arabic and Persian texts. When Newton set out the laws of motion, he relied on astronomical observations made in India and Africa. When Darwin was writing On the Origin of Species, he consulted a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopaedia. And when Einstein was studying quantum mechanics, he was inspired by the young Bengali physicist, Satyendra Nath Bose.
We are told that modern science was invented in Europe, the product of great minds like Nicolaus Copernicus, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein. But this is wrong. The history of science is not, and has never been, a uniquely European endeavour.
Copernicus relied on mathematical techniques borrowed from Arabic and Persian texts. When Newton set out the laws of motion, he relied on astronomical observations made in India and Africa. When Darwin was writing On the Origin of Species, he consulted a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopaedia. And when Einstein was studying quantum mechanics, he was inspired by the young Bengali physicist, Satyendra Nath Bose.
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Publisher : Viking (24 March 2022)
Language : English
Paperback : 464 pages
ISBN-10 : 0241394104
ISBN-13 : 978-0241394106
Item Weight : 551 g
Dimensions : 15.3 x 2.9 x 23.4 cm
Best Sellers Rank: #180,771 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#122 in African History (Books)
#191 in History of Ideas
#326 in Biology Textbooks
Customer Reviews: 4.5
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Publisher : Viking (24 March 2022)
Language : English
Paperback : 464 pages
ISBN-10 : 0241394104
ISBN-13 : 978-0241394106
Item Weight : 551 g
Dimensions : 15.3 x 2.9 x 23.4 cm
Best Sellers Rank: #180,771 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#122 in African History (Books)
#191 in History of Ideas
#326 in Biology Textbooks
Customer Reviews: 4.5
146 ratings
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