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Could history as we know it really be a collation of several chronicles relating to one and
the same period of time?
Apparently, this is what the Russian mathematician Anatoly Fomenko claims. He is the author of
the first volume in a series of seven that came out in English recently, and generated
incredible controversy amongst professional historians worldwide. Garry Kasparov, the
world chess champion, says the following in his preface to volume 1: "Let us consider
the factor of a mass character that I shall be referring to as psychophysical. Documented
history tells us of the insatiable need of human beings to make discoveries. The vector
of technological progress is a strictly vertical one. Every ten years something happens: discoveries,
sea voyages, explosions Everything keeps on changing, we see constant evolution - from
Columbus to the landing on the Moon, from crossbows to nuclear bombs. Forwards and upwards.