Landmarks in Western Science: From Prehistory to the Atomic Age - Hardcover

Whitfield, Peter

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9780415925334: Landmarks in Western Science: From Prehistory to the Atomic Age

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ISBN 10: 0415925339 ISBN 13: 9780415925334

Publisher: Routledge, 1999

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Richly illustrated and eminently readable, this fascinating account helps us better understand how scientific ideas have been circulated and received at different periods in history as it reveals the sequence of faltering steps mankind has taken in an effort to better understand the world around us.

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About the Author:

Peter Whitfield has written widely on the history of maps, including The Image of the World: 20 Centuries of World Maps (1994) and New Found Lands: Maps in the History of Exploration(Routledge 1998) He is a former director of Stanford's International Map Centre in London, and now runs his own company publishing facsimiles of historical maps.

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""This fascinating and compelling book...even the most unscientific reader will marvel at the sheer magnitude of what has been discovered."

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