Toward a global science
Subtitle: mining civilizational knowledge
By: Susantha Goonatilake.
Series: Race, gender, and science
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: Science -- Asia -- History -- 15th century; Science -- Europe -- History -- 20th century; Europeans -- Cultural assimilation -- Asia -- History -- 20th century; Asia -- Intellectual life -- 15th century; Europe -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
Description: Using a model of the civilizational construction of science, the author views science without Eurocentric blinders. She shows how science was built by transfers from non-European groups and why the historiography of science has to be rethought.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-300) and index.