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Culture, history and society

Culture, history and society

The uncharted territories of scientific history

07 Nov 2022

Anita Chandran reviews Horizons: a Global History of Science by James Poskett

Tenochtitlan ruins in Mexico City
Aztec botany The Aztec city of Tenochtitlan featured botanical gardens a century before European examples, but now only ruins remain in the centre of Mexico City. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/WitR)
“Modern science – we are told – is a product of Europe alone,” begins James Poskett in his n

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Anita Chandran is a science writer based in Hamburg, Germany, and editor of Tamarind, a literary magazine focused on the intersections of science and art. Twitter @anitamchandran
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