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Humans have presumably been curious since the first homo sapiens tried knocking two pieces of flint together. But when did science get real about figuring out how things really work? That’s a tricky question. It’s certainly true that the instinct to know more about our environment must go back as far as humanity does, and before. That makes perfect sense because there’s an evolutionary advantage to knowing more about what surrounds you.
When did the whole history of magic actually kick off? According to Lynn Thorndike, author of the eight-volume treatise History of Magic and Experimental Science, it dates back to the earliest form of writing in Ancient Babylonian stone tablets. And there’s this idea that books and magic go hand in hand, books being a way for people to record their secrets.
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