Teresi, Dick,

Lost discoveries : the ancient roots of modern science-- from the Babylonians to the Maya / Dick Teresi. - ix, 453 páginas : ilustraciones

Incluye bibliografía.

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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Ciencia--Historia.
Historia antigua.

509 / T316L 2003