{"product_id":"9780241986264","title":"James Poskett - Horizons: A Global History of Science","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by James Poskett. Themes include History, World, Science, Political Science, Globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA major retelling of the history of science from 1450 to the present day that explodes the myth that science began in Europe - instead celebrating how scientists from Africa, America, Asia and the Pacific were integral to this very human story\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe 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. Science is not, and has never been, a uniquely European endeavour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCopernicus 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 Asia and Africa. When Darwin was writing \u003ci\u003eOn the Origin of Species\u003c\/i\u003e, he consulted a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopaedia. And when Einstein was studying quantum mechanics, he was inspired by the Bengali physicist, Satyendra Nath Bose. \u003ci\u003eHorizons \u003c\/i\u003epushes beyond Europe, exploring the ways in which scientists from Africa, America, Asia and the Pacific fit into the history of science, and arguing that it is best understood as a story of global cultural exchange.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Challenging both the existing narrative and our perceptions of revered individuals, above all this is a celebration of the work of scientists neglected by history. Among many others, we meet Graman Kwasi, the seventeenth-century African botanist who discovered a new cure for malaria, Hantaro Nagaoka, the nineteenth-century Japanese scientist who first described the structure of the atom, and Zhao Zhongyao, the twentieth-century Chinese physicist who discovered antimatter (but whose American colleague received the Nobel prize).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Scientists today are quick to recognise the international nature of their work. In this ambitious and revisionist history, James Poskett reveals that this tradition goes back much further than we think.\u003cbr\u003e_______________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This treasure trove of a book puts the case persuasively and compellingly that modern science did not develop solely in Europe. Hugely important' \u003cb\u003eJim Al-Khalili\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Brilliant. Revolutionary and revelatory' \u003cb\u003eAlice Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Remarkable. Challenges almost everything we know about science in the West' \u003cb\u003eJerry Brotton, author of \u003ci\u003eA History of the World in 12 Maps\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Perspective-shattering' \u003cb\u003eCaroline Sanderson, \u003ci\u003eThe Bookseller\u003c\/i\u003e, 'Editor's Choice'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58099546161526,"sku":null,"price":8.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780241986264.jpg?v=1781623402","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780241986264","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}