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Boston. 1969. Gambit. 1st Printing. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket with Some Tears. 0876450087. 505 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by William Barss. keywords: Science Philosophy. FROM THE PUBLISHER-In this classic work of scientific and philosophical inquiry, the authors track world myths to a common origin in early man's descriptions of cosmological activity, arguing that these remnants of ancient astronomy, suppressed by the Greeks and Romans and then forgotten, were really a form of preliterate science. Myth became the synapse by which science was transmitted. Their truly original thesis challenges basic assumptions of Western science and theories about the transmission of knowledge. A book wonderful to read and startling to contemplate. If this theory is correct, both the history of science and the reinterpretation of myths have been enriched immensely. -Washington Post Book World. inventory #2596.