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World of Patterns : a Global History of Knowledge by Rens Bod; Leston Buell is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is World of Patterns : a Global History of Knowledge about?
A comprehensive account of the methods of knowledge production throughout human history and across the globe. The idea that the world can be understood through patterns and the principles that govern them is one of the most important human insights―it may also be our greatest survival strategy. Our search for patterns and principles began 40,000 years ago, when striped patterns were engraved on mammoths' bones to keep track of the moon's phases. What routes did human knowledge take to grow from these humble beginnings through many detours and dead ends into modern understandings of nature and culture? In this work of unprecedented scope, Rens Bod removes the Western natural sciences from their often-central role to bring us the first global history of human knowledge. Having sketched the history of the humanities in his ground-breaking A New History of the Humanities , Bod now adopts a broader perspective, stepping beyond classical antiquity back to the Stone Age to answer the question: Where did our knowledge of the world today begin and how did it develop? Drawing on developments from all five continents of the inhabited world, World of Patterns offers startling connection
Who reads World of Patterns : a Global History of Knowledge?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Rens Bod; Leston Buell
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781421443454
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Humanities