Max Meulendijks
@maximumscore.bsky.social
Former Historian of Darwinism/Medicine, software developer.
Some examples from the book are Hispanicised Aztec people being asked to gather more indigenous knowledge about the American flora & fauna from locals.
Medical knowledge being retrieved by observing African slaves on their subsistence farms, or a Polynesian navigator helping Cook reach Fiji, etc.
Medical knowledge being retrieved by observing African slaves on their subsistence farms, or a Polynesian navigator helping Cook reach Fiji, etc.
February 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Some examples from the book are Hispanicised Aztec people being asked to gather more indigenous knowledge about the American flora & fauna from locals.
Medical knowledge being retrieved by observing African slaves on their subsistence farms, or a Polynesian navigator helping Cook reach Fiji, etc.
Medical knowledge being retrieved by observing African slaves on their subsistence farms, or a Polynesian navigator helping Cook reach Fiji, etc.
Not sure if exactly what you're looking for, but I found "Horizons: A Global History of Science" by James Poskett to be a very approachable and instructive book on non-Western influences on Western knowledge + vice versa
February 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Not sure if exactly what you're looking for, but I found "Horizons: A Global History of Science" by James Poskett to be a very approachable and instructive book on non-Western influences on Western knowledge + vice versa