Abstract
Gevers reviews The Scientific Imagination in South Africa: 1700 to the Present by William Beinart and Saul Dubow.
Highlights
It is wonderful when the mere title of a book already contains the ingredients for an interesting debate in one’s mind
William Beinart and Saul Dubow are South African expatriates working at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, respectively; they have both made splendid careers in the UK while retaining firm intellectual-academic connections with South Africa
For South Africans who believe that the past is a reasonable guide to the future, I would say it is essential reading. (This is not to say that there are not any gaps – see below – or that the index is not a little annoyingly incomplete.)
Summary
It is wonderful when the mere title of a book already contains the ingredients for an interesting debate in one’s mind. A well-told history of science in South Africa
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