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Horizons : the global origins of modern science / James Poskett.

Author/creator Poskett, James author.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst Mariner Books edition.
Publication Info Boston : Mariner Books, 2022.
Copyright Notice ©2022
Descriptionxiv, 446 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Part one: Scientific revolution, c.1450-1700. New worlds -- Heaven and Earth -- Part two: Empire and enlightenment, c.1650-1800 -- Newton's slaves -- Economy of nature -- Part three: Capitalism and conflict, c.1790-1914 -- Struggle for existence -- Industrial experiments -- Part four: Ideology and aftermath, c.1914-2000. Faster than light -- Genetic states.
Abstract Presents a history of science that focuses on the contributions from non-Western cultures in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific region and how they influenced and guided great minds such as Copernicus, Newton, Darwin and Einstein.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 371-423) and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2020475263
ISBN9780358251798 (hardcover)
ISBN0358251796 (hardcover)
Stock numberHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, 6277 Sea Harbor Dr 5th Fl, Orlando, FL, USA, 32887, (617)3515539 SAN 215-3793

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