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Hamlet's Mill
Giorgio de Santillana
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Description for Hamlet's Mill
Paperback. A work of scientific and philosophical inquiry, in which, the authors track world myths to a common origin in early man's descriptions of cosmological activity, arguing that these remnants of ancient astronomy, suppressed by the Greeks and Romans and then forgotten, were really a form of pre-literate science. Num Pages: 464 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 800.
A truly seminal and original thesis, this is a book that should be read by anyone interested in science, myth, and the interactions between the two. In this classic work of scientific and philosophical inquiry, the authors track world myths to a common origin in early man's descriptions of cosmological activity, arguing that these remnants of ancient astronomy, suppressed by the Greeks and Romans and then forgotten, were really a form of pre-literate science. Myth became the synapse by which science was transmitted. Their truly original thesis challenges basic assumptions of Western science and theories about the transmission of knowledge. ... Read more
A truly seminal and original thesis, this is a book that should be read by anyone interested in science, myth, and the interactions between the two. In this classic work of scientific and philosophical inquiry, the authors track world myths to a common origin in early man's descriptions of cosmological activity, arguing that these remnants of ancient astronomy, suppressed by the Greeks and Romans and then forgotten, were really a form of pre-literate science. Myth became the synapse by which science was transmitted. Their truly original thesis challenges basic assumptions of Western science and theories about the transmission of knowledge. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
David R. Godine Publisher Inc United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Number of Pages
505
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780879232153
SKU
V9780879232153
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About Giorgio de Santillana
Giorgio de Santillana was born in Rome and moved to the United States in 1936. In 1942, he became an Assistant Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he would spend the remainder of his academic career. Hertha Von Dechend was born in Heidelberg in 1915. She began her career as an anthropologist in 1934 at the ... Read more
Reviews for Hamlet's Mill
"A book wonderful to read and startling to contemplate. If this theory is correct, both the history of science and the reinterpretation of myths have been enriched immensely." (Washington Post Book World)