We Are Not the First by Andrew Tomas, Sphere
Novel Gothic for Sphere’s paperback edition of the novel take on science history by Andrew Tomas (1906–2001).
From the back cover:
The development of modern science during the course of the past 400 years is merely the rediscovery of ancient knowledge.
ATOMIC THEORY was worked out by Democritus 2500 years before Rutherford.
PENICILLIN was used by the ancient Egyptians 4000 years before Fleming.
ELECTRIC BATTERIES were used by the Babylonians 2000 years before König’s cells.
SPACE TRAVEL was described by the prehistoric Chinese 4000 years before the Apollo flights.
“The more startling hypothesis that such scientific knowledge may actually have been brought to Earth from outer space – gains credibility from Mr. Tomas’s interpretation” — The Times
