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Horizons - A Global History of Science (Paperback)
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Horizons - A Global History of Science (Paperback)
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You Save R33 (9%)
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'Superb' Sunday Times 'Revolutionary' Alice Roberts 'Hugely
important' Jim Al-Khalili _______________ A radical retelling of
the history of science that foregrounds the scientists erased from
history In this major retelling of the history of science from 1450
to the present day, James Poskett explodes the myth that science
began in Europe. The blinkered Western gaze focusing on individual
'genius' - Copernicus, Newton, Darwin, Einstein - was only one part
of the story. The reality was an utterly global, non-linear pattern
of cross-fertilization, competition, cooperation and outright
conflict. Each rupture in history carved fresh channels for global
exchange. Here, for the first time, Poskett celebrates how
scientists from Africa, America, Asia and the Pacific were integral
to this very human story. We meet Graman Kwasi, the African
botanist who discovered a new cure for malaria; Hantaro Nagaoka,
the Japanese scientist who first described the structure of the
atom; and Zhao Zhongyao, the Chinese physicist who discovered
antimatter. _______________ 'Remarkable. Challenges almost
everything we know about science in the West' Jerry Brotton, author
of A History of the World in 12 Maps 'Perspective-shattering'
Caroline Sanderson, The Bookseller, 'Editor's Choice' 'Horizons
upends traditional accounts of the history of science' Rebecca
Wragg Sykes, author of Kindred 'Poskett deftly blends the
achievements of little-known figures into the wider history of
science . . . brims with clarity' Chris Allnutt, Financial Times
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