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A fascinating book in which the author argues that science is not a natural unfolding of human potential, but the invention of a particular culture, Greece, in a particular historical period.
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Aspects of Science; Mind and Magic; From Apes to Agriculture; Prophets and Poets; Theorems and Planets; Sages and Scholars; Towns and Gowns; Science and Nonsense; Are we Alone?; Education for an Age of Science; Appendix A: Hindu Trigonometry; Appendix B: An Integrated Science Course.
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