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This updated and augmented third edition of this landmark encyclopedia contains approximately 1000 entries dealing in depth with the history of the scientific, technological and medical accomplishments of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. The entries consist of fully updated articles together with hundreds of entirely new topics adorned with full color pictures. This unique reference work includes intercultural articles on broad topics such as mathematics and astronomy as well as thoughtful philosophical articles on concepts and ideas related to the study of non-Western Science, such as rationality, objectivity, and method. You'll also find material on religion and science, East and West, and magic and science. This amazing resource even contains entries on fascinating esoteric topics such as Native American mathematics, Polynesian navigation, and African Metallurgy. There are also biographical articles for those cultures where individual scientists are known to us, such as China and the Islamic world
List of contents
From the contents:
Abacus.- Agriculture in Indonesia.- Barrow in China.- Boats of the Precolonial Philippines: Butuan Boats.- Calendars and Timekeeping Around the World.- Divination: Science, Technology, and the Mantic Arts in Traditional China.- Environment and Nature: The Natural Environment in Native American Thought.- Food and the Maori.- Hydraulic Engineering in Ancient Peru and Bolivia.- Knowledge Systems: Indigenous Knowledge of Trees and Forests.- Land, Labor, Water, and Technology in Pre-Columbian South America.- Mausoleums of the Islamic World.- Probability in Non-Western Cultures.- Quinoa. A Millenary Grain in Northern Argentina.- Ship- and Boatbuilding in Ancient Egypt.- Technology: Inland Technology in China: Boat Building, Steerage and Propulsion.- Water Management and Reservoirs in India and Sri Lanka.- Zinc Production in China.
About the author
Helaine Selin is an American librarian, author and the editor of several bestselling books. She is perhaps most famous for being the editor of Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures (1997). She has also edited the book series Science Across Cultures. She received her undergraduate degree from SUNY Binghamton and MLS from SUNY Albany. She served in the Peace Corps from the fall of 1967 through the summer of 1969 as an English teacher in Karonga, Malawi. She retired in 2012 from being the science librarian at Hampshire College.
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"The Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures is an excellent reference resource. ... The entries provide a wealth of information on people, places, events, innovations, technology, health and well-being of populations, philosophical concepts, etc. ... a high-quality item, with exceptional content not easily found elsewhere and combined into one engaging and helpful package. Researchers, practitioners, students and general readers will find value in this source." (Beth Thomsett-Scott, Reference Reviews, Vol. 31 (2), 2017)
