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Author Teresi, Dick.

Title Lost discoveries : the ancient roots of modern science--from the Babylonians to the Maya / Dick Teresi.

Imprint New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster, c2002.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 FSCC Non-Fiction  509.3 Ter 2002    ---  Available
Description vii, 453 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-430) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Science -- History.
Science, Ancient.
ISBN 0684837188

 
    
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