num_pages: 224
description: The development of modern science during the course of the past 400 years is merely a rediscovery of ancient knowledge. - Atomic theory was worked out by Democritus 2500 years before Rutherford. - Penicillin was used by the ancient Egyptians 4000 years before Fleming. - Electric batteries were used by the Babylonians 2000 years before Volta's cells- Space travel was described by the prehistoric Chinese 4000 years before the Apollo Flights.
language: English
title: We are not the first: Riddles of ancient science
publisher: Souvenir Press, London