{"product_id":"9780241986264-horizons","title":"Horizons","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Global History of Science\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Superb' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Revolutionary' \u003cb\u003eAlice Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Hugely important' \u003cb\u003eJim Al-Khalili\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_______________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA radical retelling of the history of science that foregrounds the scientists erased from history \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this major retelling of the history of science from 1450 to the present day, James Poskett explodes the myth that science began in Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_______________\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eHorizons \u003c\/i\u003eupends traditional accounts of the history of science' \u003cb\u003eRebecca Wragg Sykes, author of \u003ci\u003eKindred\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Poskett deftly blends the achievements of little-known figures into the wider history of science . brims with clarity' \u003cb\u003eChris Allnutt, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40737903640673,"sku":"9780241986264","price":11.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32358225.jpg?v=1737194089","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241986264-horizons","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}