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Horizons: A Global History of Science

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Shortlisted for the British Academy Book Prize Named a Best Book of the Year by the Financial Times and BBC History MagazineA groundbreaking, global retelling of the history of science from 1450 to the present day, exploding the myth that science began in Europe.When we think about the origins of modern science, we usually begin in Europe, praising the great minds of Nicolaus Copernicus, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and Albert Einstein. But this narrow Western gaze is only one part of the story. The reality was an utterly global, nonlinear pattern of cross-fertilization, competition, cooperation and outright conflict. Each rupture in history carved fresh channels for global exchange. Award-winning professor James Poskett celebrates how scientists from Africa, America, Asia, and the Pacific were integral to this very human story. We meet Graman Kwasi, the African botanist who discovered a new cure for malaria; Hantaro Nagaoka, the Japanese scientist who first described the structure of the atom; and Zhao Zhongyao, the Chinese physicist who discovered antimatter. Horizons is a richly informative and timely reminder that scientific achievement is, and has always been, a global endeavor."Superb...This is not just a history of science. It is a history of the modern world seen through the lens of science.” — Los Angeles Review of Books “This treasure trove of a book puts the case persuasively and compellingly that modern science did not develop solely in Europe. Hugely important.”—Jim Al-Khalili Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mariner Books


Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 9, 2025


Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 464 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0063470497


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 91


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.07 x 9 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #756,482 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #391 in Expeditions & Discoveries World History (Books) #694 in History of Civilization & Culture #1,442 in History & Philosophy of Science (Books)


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    • Informative read that compels to rethink our views on the progress of science and society
Format: Kindle
In a remarkably detailed narrative. Poskett makes a simple (yet powerful) assertion - the way in which we have understood scientific progress is incomplete at best and has always been told from a Eurocentric perspective. Furthermore, he clearly shows how the religious and political views of the times (deliberately or not) influenced how Europeans recorded history. The central theme of the book is that modern science developed mostly through the exchange of ideas between different cultures than acknowledged. It may seem like a nuanced academic argument, but it has significant import. Far beyond science. For one, it forces us to think how Western historians have recorded East (and vice-a-versa); Secondly, the slow but sure separation of religion and science is seen as a strong undercurrent throughout the book. But most importantly, the book provides an interesting view to understand the impact of religion, trade, culture, societies, and science - in the same frame. That is ambitious, but Poskett provides a very inspired and informative attempt. In some ways, the themes are a different abstraction of another favorite book of mine - Where Good Ideas Come From - that also emphasized the influence of interactions as opposed to individual genius. Crisscrossing Aztec, Persian, Indian, Chinese, and a multitude of cultures from Africa and Pacific, Poskett provides a view into how the progress and discoveries influenced European thinking, though most recorded narratives do not even acknowledge their influence let alone give the appropriate credit. The book provides excellent examples drawn from classifications, math, physics, medicine, cartography and just the basic principles of experimentation. Where the author succeeds in painting a very broad picture, not all topics get equal treatment (for example, would have expected a more thorough discussion on influence of Ayurveda and Chinese medicine's influences). Secondly, almost all interactions are still seen from a European-X manner, except discussions on Indo-Persian influences, for example. Nevertheless, the role of religion, exploration, colonization in how the world was shaped and how our understanding of the cultures got distorted is an informative and sobering read (Turns out Catholics destroying Aztec artifacts was no different from Taliban destroying Buddhist artifacts and perhaps scores of modern day examples; sadly, we still have a lot to learn from and change). The detailed citations, rare pictures/plates and a very lucid narrative makes this fairly long book a very interesting and informative one. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2022 by Jijnasu Forever
    • Critical view
Format: Hardcover
Lots of in depth information and well researched stories. The author draws attention to a new vision of science: it was not just in Europe that discovered everything. The scientists who became famous like Newton, Darwin, Navigators like Cook, were based on local, indigenous, and other remote scientists. At one point the author mixes ideology with scientific theories. His theory is that we have to be careful how we tell the story and praise certain people and visions, but he himself makes the mistake he points out so much. At the end of the book, he cites Brazil as a government that persecuted scientists and deforested the Amazon. And this is far from what really happened in Brazil. Believing in certain media narratives can make us enter into the vision with the same bias as the Europeans who told the traditional history of science. Today, it is easy to see the narratives of the past, but when we are in time, in the turmoil of the present, we cannot see that we have fallen into these same spells, where ancient authors also slipped. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2023 by rodrigo caruso duprat
    • A must read for history and science lovers
Format: Paperback
Through research, well written, beautiful historic illustrations included as well
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2025 by mj
    • outstanding balance of official history and downtoearth experience
Format: Kindle
If there is at all a defect, it is mostly due to vast more stories. Exceptual instances of the experience in other than anglosaxon or french science. I only wished the author publishes a second volume, I missed stories from South América and Africa.
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2022 by Abraham
    • Good look at the less well known side of science history
Format: Hardcover
I enjoyed this book. It provides a different, very interesting perspective on the history of science. The book is well-written and I liked the author's conversational tone. Although I am not sure how well the book supported the idea of the interconnectedness of science, it was fun to learn about the social and scientific aspects of nations that don’t typically make it into most history of science books. The part of the book I liked a little less was the history of evolution. I would have liked to have seen a little more about Alfred Russel Wallace. There was also too much content on social Darwinism. Nonetheless, this is a book well worth reading and I recommend it for anyone interested in the history of science. Thank you to Netgalley and Mariner Books for the advance reader copy. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2022 by Steve G

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