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Hamlet's Mill
An Essay Investigating the Origins of Human Knowledge and Its Transmissions Through Myth
Taschenbuch von Giorgio De Santillana (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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Ever since the Greeks coined the language we commonly use for scientific description, mythology and science have developed separately. But what came before the Greeks? What if we could prove that all myths have one common origin in a celestial cosmology? What if the gods, the places they lived, and what they did are but ciphers for celestial activity, a language for the perpetuation of complex astronomical data? Drawing on scientific data, historical and literary sources, the authors argue that our myths are the remains of a preliterate astronomy, an exacting science whose power and accuracy were suppressed and then forgotten by an emergent Greco-Roman world view. This fascinating book throws into doubt the self-congratulatory assumptions of Western science about the unfolding development and transmission of knowledge. This is a truly seminal and original thesis, a book that should be read by anyone interested in science, myth, and the interactions between the two.
Ever since the Greeks coined the language we commonly use for scientific description, mythology and science have developed separately. But what came before the Greeks? What if we could prove that all myths have one common origin in a celestial cosmology? What if the gods, the places they lived, and what they did are but ciphers for celestial activity, a language for the perpetuation of complex astronomical data? Drawing on scientific data, historical and literary sources, the authors argue that our myths are the remains of a preliterate astronomy, an exacting science whose power and accuracy were suppressed and then forgotten by an emergent Greco-Roman world view. This fascinating book throws into doubt the self-congratulatory assumptions of Western science about the unfolding development and transmission of knowledge. This is a truly seminal and original thesis, a book that should be read by anyone interested in science, myth, and the interactions between the two.
Über den Autor

Giorgio de Santillana was born in Rome and moved to the United States in 1936. In 1942, he became an Assistant Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he would spend the remainder of his academic career.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Antike
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780879232153
ISBN-10: 0879232153
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: De Santillana, Giorgio
Dechend, Hertha Von
Hersteller: David R. Godine Publisher Inc
Maße: 228 x 151 x 38 mm
Von/Mit: Giorgio De Santillana (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.05.2015
Gewicht: 0,771 kg
Artikel-ID: 107271670
Über den Autor

Giorgio de Santillana was born in Rome and moved to the United States in 1936. In 1942, he became an Assistant Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he would spend the remainder of his academic career.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Antike
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780879232153
ISBN-10: 0879232153
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: De Santillana, Giorgio
Dechend, Hertha Von
Hersteller: David R. Godine Publisher Inc
Maße: 228 x 151 x 38 mm
Von/Mit: Giorgio De Santillana (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.05.2015
Gewicht: 0,771 kg
Artikel-ID: 107271670
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