Science: A Four Thousand Year History

by Patricia Fara

Book Overview

In Science , Patricia Fara rewrites science's past to provide new ways of understanding and questioning our modern technological society. Sweeping through the centuries from ancient Babylon right up to the latest hi-tech experiments in genetics and particle physics, Fara's book also ranges internationally, challenging notions of European superiority by emphasizing the importance of scientific projects based around the world, including revealing discussions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019922689X
• ISBN13: 9780199226894
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.3" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

Brilliant Survey

Masterful and highly readable. To my knowledge, the first and only COMPLETE survey of science history (all cultures and all eras). First few chapters are a grind, covering the globlygook of early philosophy. Breaks nicely to the Interactions of multiple cultures and emergence of modern thinking. Necessary reading for anyone who believes in opening their mind to the true complexity of human history. Offensive to those subscribing to stale old ethnocentric falsehoods. One of a kind work indicating deep research while maintaining a brisk narrative style. She was laughed at while first proposing the premise. Now a must study for serious students of science history.