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Horizons
A Global History of Science
Taschenbuch von James Poskett
Sprache: Englisch

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'Superb' Sunday Times
'Revolutionary' Alice Roberts
'Hugely important' Jim Al-Khalili

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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.

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'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

'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

Über den Autor
James Poskettis Associate Professor in the History of Science and Technology at the University of Warwick. He completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge where he also held the Adrian Research Fellowship at Darwin College. Poskett has written for the Guardian, Nature and BBC History Magazine, among others. In 2013 he was shortlisted for the BBC New Generation Thinker Award and in 2012 he was awarded the Best Newcomer Prize by the Association of British Science Writers. Horizons is his first book for a general readership.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Technik allg.
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 446
Inhalt: XVI
448 S.
16 farbige Bildtaf.
ISBN-13: 9780241986264
ISBN-10: 0241986265
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: B-format paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Poskett, James
Hersteller: Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Penguin
Maße: 198 x 132 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: James Poskett
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.02.2023
Gewicht: 0,345 kg
preigu-id: 122024088
Über den Autor
James Poskettis Associate Professor in the History of Science and Technology at the University of Warwick. He completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge where he also held the Adrian Research Fellowship at Darwin College. Poskett has written for the Guardian, Nature and BBC History Magazine, among others. In 2013 he was shortlisted for the BBC New Generation Thinker Award and in 2012 he was awarded the Best Newcomer Prize by the Association of British Science Writers. Horizons is his first book for a general readership.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Technik allg.
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 446
Inhalt: XVI
448 S.
16 farbige Bildtaf.
ISBN-13: 9780241986264
ISBN-10: 0241986265
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: B-format paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Poskett, James
Hersteller: Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Penguin
Maße: 198 x 132 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: James Poskett
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.02.2023
Gewicht: 0,345 kg
preigu-id: 122024088
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