Hamlet's Mill: An Essay Investigating the Origins of Human

Hamlet's Mill: An Essay Investigating the Origins of Human Knowledge And Its Transmission Through Myth
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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 preliterate 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.
"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
Country USA
Brand David R. Godine, Publisher
Manufacturer David R. Godine, Publisher
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Ill.
ReleaseDate 2015-03-24
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780879232153

Hamlet's Mill: An Essay Investigating the Origins of Human Knowledge And Its Transmission Through Myth