1001 distortions how (not) to narrate history of science, medicine, and technology in non-Western cultures

This book reflects on debates among historians of science, medicine and technology as well as Islamicate societies about fundamental questions of how we think and write about the intellec-tual and technological past in cultures to which we do not belong any longer or never were a member of. These de...

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Other Authors: Brentjes, Sonja (Editor), Edis, Taner (Editor), Richter-Bernburg, Lutz, œe editor
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Würzburg, Germany Ergon Verlag [2016]
Series:Bibliotheca academica Reihe Orientalistik Bd. 25
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