Lost discoveries : the ancient roots of modern science, from the Babylonians to the Maya / Dick Tere...
Lost discoveries : the ancient roots of modern science, from the Babylonians to the Maya / Dick Tere...
Lost discoveries : the ancient roots of modern science, from the Babylonians to the Maya / Dick Teresi.
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New York : Simon & Schuster : c2002.
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N509.3/2
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English
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viii., 453 p. : 25cm.
Contents
1. A History of Science: Rediscovered -- 2. Mathematics: The Language of Science -- 3. Astronomy: Sky Watchers and More -- 4. Cosmology: That Old-Time Religion -- 5. Physics: Particles, Voids and Fields -- 6. Geology: Stories of Earth Itself -- 7. Chemistry: Alchemy and Beyond -- 8. Technology: Mach...
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New York : Simon & Schuster : c2002.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c2002.
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"Lost Discoveries, Dick Teresi's innovative history of science, explores the unheralded scientific breakthroughs from peoples of the ancient world - Babylonians, Egyptians, Indians, Africans, New World and Oceanic tribes, among others - and the non-European medieval world. They left an enormous heritage in the fields of mathematics, astronomy, cosm...
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Lost discoveries : the ancient roots of modern science, from the Babylonians to the Maya / Dick Teresi.
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Includes Index.
Bibliography: p. 421-430.
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c2002.
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N509.3/2
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0684837188
9780684837185 (hbk.)
0684837188 (hbk.)
9780684837185 (pbk.)
0684837188 (pbk.)
9780684837185
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509.3
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991015852149702626
