Bibliograph

Lost discoveries, the ancient roots of modern science-- from the Babylonians to the Maya, Dick Teresi

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Lost discoveries, the ancient roots of modern science-- from the Babylonians to the Maya, Dick Teresi

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-430) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Lost discoveries

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

49991600

Responsibility statement

Dick Teresi

Sub title

the ancient roots of modern science-- from the Babylonians to the Maya

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

Table Of 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

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