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Chargement... Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science--From the Babylonians to the Mayapar Dick Teresi
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I thought this book had potential to be very interesting and some parts were. But the author frequently waxes a little too academic and the writing becomes dry. Also, there were many typos and they did not use double spacing between sentences and that made quick reading difficult. I wanted something approachable along the lines of a Bill Bryson read and it fell far short of that mark. I thought this book had potential to be very interesting and some parts were. But the author frequently waxes a little too academic and the writing becomes dry. Also, there were many typos and they did not use double spacing between sentences and that made quick reading difficult. I wanted something approachable along the lines of a Bill Bryson read and it fell far short of that mark. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Références à cette œuvre sur des ressources externes. Wikipédia en anglais (14)This book, an innovative history of science, explores the scientific breakthroughs from peoples of the ancient world--Babylonians, Egyptians, Indians, Africans, New World and Oceanic tribes, among others--and the non-European medieval world. They left an enormous heritage in the fields of mathematics, astronomy, cosmology, physics, geology, chemistry, and technology. The first comprehensive, authoritative, popularly written, multicultural history of science, Lost discoveries fills a crucial gap in the history of science. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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It's an interesting read, especielly since I feel that during the more than ten years that has passed since it being published, I don't think much has changed: I feel that the version were Europeans invented science is still prevalent, and that lots of people will never see it another way. Which is a shame.
That said, I enjoyed the first chapter on math, the best. If the entire book had been like that, the rating would have been higher, but even so it was an enjoyable read and I recommend it. ( )