#x98;The#x9C; dialogue of civilizations in the birth of modern science

Arun Bala challenges Eurocentric conceptions of history by showing how Chinese, Indian, Arabic, and ancient Egyptian ideas in philosophy, mathematics, cosmology and physics played an indispensable role in making possible the birth of modern science. Many Historians Argue That The Origin Of Modern Science Is Largely The Unanticipated Outcome Of The Copernican Theory That Set The Earth In Motion Around The Sun. Adopting This Theory, Pioneering Scientists Such As Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, And Newton Were Led To Groundbreaking Discoveries In Physics And Cosmology Designed To Accommodate Its Heliocentric Vision. It Is Generally Assumed That They Succeeded By Drawing Only Upon The Vast Reservoir Of Intellectual Ideas Provided By The Tradition Of Ancient Greek Science. Arun Bala Challenges This Eurocentric Construction By Showing How Chinese, Indian, Arabic, And Ancient Egyptian Ideas In Philosophy, Mathematics, Cosmology And Physics Also Played An Indispensable Role In Making Possible The Birth Of Modern Science.--jacket. Why Did Modern Science Not Develop In Civilization X? -- The Eurocentric History Of Science -- Multicultural Histories Of Science -- Toward A Thematic Approach To Multicultural History -- What Made The Renaissance In Europe? -- The Narrow Copernican Revolution -- The Alhazen Optical Revolution -- The Modern Atomic Revolution -- Integrating Hellenic And Indian Traditions -- Universal Mathematical Laws In A Mechanical Universe -- Fusing Solar And Stellar Cosmologies -- The Wider Copernican Revolution -- Contrasting Competitive Plausibility. Arun Bala. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [205]-216) And Indexes.