Non-Western History of Science: Discoveries We Did Not Know About

The history of science as it has never been told before: a story of unsung heroes that goes far beyond the Western canon we are taught in school.
When we think of the origins of modern science, we automatically start with Europe. We remember the great minds of Nicolaus Copernicus, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and Albert Einstein. However, the history of science has never been exclusively a European affair: the most important scientific discoveries occurred as a result of the exchange of ideas from different cultures around the world. Copernicus relied on mathematical methods borrowed from Arabic and Persian texts. The laws of Newton are based on astronomical observations made in Asia and Africa. When Darwin wrote 'On the Origin of Species', he referred to a Chinese encyclopedia from the 16th century. And when Einstein studied quantum mechanics, he was inspired by the Bengali physicist Satyendra Nath Bose.
In this ambitious revisionist book, James Poskett rethinks the history of science, revealing the vital contributions of scientists from Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Pacific region to this global narrative.