Horizons : the global origins of modern science /
James Poskett.
- First Mariner books edition.
- xiv, 446 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-423) and index.
Presents a history of science that focuses on the contributions from non-Western cultures in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific region and how they influenced and guided great minds such as Copernicus, Newton, Darwin and Einstein.