Hamlet's Mill An Essay on Myth and the Frame of Time

"A book wonderful to read and startling to contemplate....both the history of science and the reinterpretation of myths have been enriched immensely."-Washington PostA seminal work of scientific and philosophical exploration. Ever since the Greeks coined the language we commonly use for scientific description, mythology and science have developed separately. But what if we could prove that all myths have one common origin in a celestial cosmology? What if the gods, the places they lived, and what they did are but ciphers for celestial activity, a language for the perpetuation of complex astronomical data?Drawing on scientific data, historical and literary sources, the authors argue that our myths are the remains of a preliterate astronomy, an exacting science whose power and accuracy were suppressed and then forgotten by an emergent Greco-Roman world view. This fascinating book throws into doubt assumptions of Western science about the unfolding development and transmission of knowledge. This is a truly seminal and original thesis, a book that should be read by anyone interested in science, myth, and the interactions between the two.

ISBN:	9780879232153
Publisher:	David R. Godine, Publisher
Imprint:	David R. Godine, Publisher
Published date:	26 Apr 2007
DEWEY:	201.3
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xxv, 505
Weight:	800g
Height:	229mm
Width:	153mm
Spine width:	39mm

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