TAILIEUCHUNG - Africa in the Age of Biology

This paper was presented as the first annual John Gerhart Memorial Lecture at the conference of the Africa Genome Initiative held in Cairo in March 2004. In Africa in the Age of Biology, Dr James discusses Africa’s long history of scientific, technological and mathematical enterprise, from tokens of the very earliest counting by humans to the sum of knowledge brought to bear in the construction of the pyramids. But he focuses on the challenges of today, and tomorrow, which he suggests Africa’s leaders and scholars dare not overlook | Free download from Africa in the Age of Biology Wilmot James HSRC Publishers Free download from Social Cohesion and Integration Research Programme Africa Human Genome Initiative Occasional Paper Series No. 3 Series Editor Prof. Wilmot James Executive Director Social Cohesion and Integration Research Programme of the Human Sciences Research Council Published by HSRC Publishers Private Bag X9182 Cape Town 8000 South Africa 2004 Human Sciences Research Council First published 2004 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic mechanical or other means including photocopying and recording or in any information storage or retrieval system without permission in writing from the publishers. ISBN 0 7969 2073 7 Production by comPress Distributed in Africa by Blue Weaver Marketing and Distribution PO Box 30370 Tokai Cape Town 7966 South Africa. Tel 27 21-701-4477 Fax 27 21-701-7302 email orders@ Distributed worldwide except Africa by Independent Publishers Group 814 North Franklin Street Chicago IL 60610 USA. To order call toll-free 1-800-888-4741 All other inquiries Tel 1 312-337-0747 Fax 1 312-337-5985 email Frontdesk@ Preface Free download from The Human Sciences Research Council HSRC has established an occasional paper series. The occasional papers are designed to be quick convenient vehicles for making timely contributions to debates or for disseminating interim research findings or they may be finished publication-ready works. Authors invite comments and suggestions from readers. This paper was presented as the first annual John Gerhart Memorial Lecture at the conference of the Africa Genome Initiative held in Cairo from March 26 to 29 2004. Considerations of Egyptian science and arts and their lasting impact on Africa are a fitting tribute to the .

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