Blacks in Science (ASIN: B00HX4I6FW)

by Van Sertima, Ivan

• ISBN13: 9780878559411
• ISBN10: 0878559418
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-06-01
• Publisher: Journal of African Civilizations

Summary

This overview of the lost sciences of Africa and of contributions that blacks have made to modern American science presents a wide range of information from Africanists on a subject about which little is available. The work includes bibliographic guides that will be crucial in further research and teaching.

Table of Contents

PART I: AFRICAN SCIENCE
The Lost Sciences of Africa: An Overview	7	(20)
Ivan Van Sertima
Astronomy
African Observers of the Universe: The Sirius Question	27	(20)
Hunter Havelin Adams III
New Light on the Dogon and Sirius	47	(4)
Hunter Havelin Adams III
Laurie Ryan
Namoratunga: The First Archaeoastronomical Evidence in Sub-Saharan Africa	51	(7)
B.M. Lynch
L.H. Robbins
Agriculture
An Ancient Harvest on the Nile	58	(7)
Fred Wendorf
Romuald Schild
Angela E. Close
African Cattle Bones Stir Scientific Debate	65	(2)
Bayard Webster
Architecture and Engineering
The Pyramids: Ancient Showcase of African Science and Technology	67	(17)
Beatrice Lumpkin
Great Zimbabwe: An Ancient African City-State	84	(8)
Molefi
Kariamu Asante
Aeronautics
African Experimental Aeronautics: A 2,000-Year Old Model Glider	92	(8)
Khalil Messiha
Mathematics
Africa in the Mainstream of Mathematics History	100	(10)
Beatrice Lumpkin
The Yoruba Number System	110	(17)
Claudia Zaslavsky
Medicine
Black Contributions to the Early History of Western Medicine	127	(13)
Frederick Newsome
The African Background of Medical Science	140	(17)
Charles S. Finch
Metallurgy
Steel-Making in Ancient Africa	157	(6)
Debra Shore
Navigation
Traditional African Watercraft: A New Look	163	(14)
Stewart C. Malloy
Physics
An Outline of Africa's Role in the History of Physics	177	(20)
John Pappademos
Writing Systems
The Ancient Akan Script	197	(11)
Niangoran-Bouah
Willard R. Johnson
The Ancient Manding Script	208	(7)
Clyde-Ahmad Winters
PART II: AFRICAN-AMERICAN SCIENCE AND INVENTION
Black Americans in the Field of Science and Invention	215	(14)
Robert C. Hayden
Lewis Latimer---Bringer of the Light	229	(9)
John Henrik Clarke
Space Science: The African-American Contribution	238	(20)
Curtis M. Graves
Ivan Van Sertima
Blackspace	258	(8)
James G. Spady
Dr. Lloyd Quarterman---Nuclear Scientist	266	(7)
Ivan Van Sertima
African-American Contributions to Information Technology	273	(20)
Kirstie Gentleman
Black Women in Mathematics in the United States	293	(22)
Patricia C. Kenschaft
Teachers' Guide	315	(2)
Ivan Van Sertima
Bibliographical Guide	317	(3)
John Henrik Clarke
Index	320	(9)
Biographical Notes on Contributors	329