Lost discoveries:the ancient roots of modern science-- from the Babylonians to the Maya
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Simon & Schuster,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | c2002. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | vii, 453 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: | 0684837188 |
Index Number: | N09 |
CLC: | N09 |
Call Number: | N09/T316 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-430) and index. History of science, rediscovered -- Mathematics, the language of science -- Astronomy, sky watchers and more -- Cosmology, that old-time religion -- Physics, particle, voids, and fields -- Geology, stories of earth itself -- Chemistry, alchemy and beyond -- Technology, machines as a measure of man. |