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

Giorgio de Santillana

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Ever since the Greeks coined the language we commonly use for scientific description, mythology & science have developed separately. But what came before the Greeks? What if we could prove that all myths have one common origin in a celestial cosmology? What if the gods, the places they lived & what they did are but ciphers for celestial activity, a language for the perpetuation of complex astronomical data? Drawing on scientific data, historical & literary sources, the authors argue that our myths are the remains of a preliterate astronomy, an exacting science whose power & accuracy were suppressed & then forgotten by an emergent Greco-Roman world view. This fascinating book throws into doubt the self-congratulatory assumptions of Western science about the unfolding development & transmission of knowledge. This is a truly seminal & original thesis, a book that should be read by anyone interested in science, myth & the interactions between the two.

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Pages:: 450 pages

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ISBN10:: 0879232153

ISBN13:: 9780879232153

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

Giorgio de Santillana

4.22/5 (694 ratings)

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Ever since the Greeks coined the language we commonly use for scientific description, mythology & science have developed separately. But what came before the Greeks? What if we could prove that all myths have one common origin in a celestial cosmology? What if the gods, the places they lived & what they did are but ciphers for celestial activity, a language for the perpetuation of complex astronomical data? Drawing on scientific data, historical & literary sources, the authors argue that our myths are the remains of a preliterate astronomy, an exacting science whose power & accuracy were suppressed & then forgotten by an emergent Greco-Roman world view. This fascinating book throws into doubt the self-congratulatory assumptions of Western science about the unfolding development & transmission of knowledge. This is a truly seminal & original thesis, a book that should be read by anyone interested in science, myth & the interactions between the two.

Format:

Pages:: 450 pages

Publication:

Publisher:

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0879232153

ISBN13:: 9780879232153

kindle Asin:: B0BWKCY69N

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