Lost Discoveries : The Ancient Roots of Modern Science--from the Babylonians to the Maya

Lost Discoveries : The Ancient Roots of Modern Science--from the Babylonians to the Maya image
ISBN-10:

0684837188

ISBN-13:

9780684837185

Author(s): Teresi, Dick
Edition: Later prt.
Released: Nov 01, 2002
Publisher: Simon&Schuster
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
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Description:

Documents scientific investigations and discoveries that were made by ancient civilizations, including the lowest common denominator, negative numbers, eclipses, the awareness of a round planet, geocentric cosmology, and rubber vulcanization. 25,000 first printing.












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