BOOKS - We are not the first: Riddles of ancient science
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We are not the first: Riddles of ancient science
Author: Andrew Tomas
Year: June 17, 1971
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 9.8 MB
Language: English
Year: June 17, 1971
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 9.8 MB
Language: English
The development of modern science during the course of the past 400 years is merely a rediscovery of ancient knowledge. - Atomic theory was worked out by Democritus 2500 years before Rutherford. - Penicillin was used by the ancient Egyptians 4000 years before Fleming. - Electric batteries were used by the Babylonians 2000 years before Volta's cells- Space travel was described by the prehistoric Chinese 4000 years before the Apollo Flights.