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Lost discoveries : the ancient roots of modern science-- from the Babylonians to the Maya
- Title
- Lost discoveries : the ancient roots of modern science-- from the Babylonians to the Maya / Dick Teresi.
- Author
- Teresi, Dick.
- Publication
- New York : Simon & Schuster, ©2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | Q124.95 .T47 2002 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- ix, 453 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- This book, an innovative history of science, explores the 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, cosmology, physics, geology, chemistry, and technology. The first comprehensive, authoritative, popularly written, multicultural history of science, Lost discoveries fills a crucial gap in the history of science.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History
- History (form)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-430) and index.
- Contents
- History of science, rediscovered -- Mathematics, the language of science -- Astronomy, sky watchers and more -- Cosmology, that old-time religion -- Physics, particles, voids, and fields -- Geology, stories of earth itself -- Chemistry, alchemy and beyond -- Technology, machines as a measure of man.
- ISBN
- 0684837188
- 9780684837185
- 096549053X
- 9780965490535
- 074324379X
- 9780743243797
- LCCN
- 2002075457
- OCLC
- ocm49991600
- 49991600
- SCSB-1269955
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library