ISBN10: 0889203245, ISBN13: 9780889203242, [publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press] Softcover Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
[Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2000]
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Paperback. New. 8x5x0. Wilfrid Laurier University Press ISBN 0889203245 9780889203242 [US]

Wilfrid Laurier Univ Pr, Date: 2000. Paperback. New. 294 pages. 9.25x6.00x1.00 inches. 2000. Wilfrid Laurier Univ Pr ISBN 0889203245 9780889203242 [GB]

ISBN10: 0889203245, ISBN13: 9780889203242, [publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Waterloo, Ontario] Softcover Paperback. Starting in the late eighteenth century, eleven main theories were proposed to explain the shape of the Great Pyramid. Even though some of these theories are well known, there has never been a detailed examination of their origins and dissemination. Twenty years of research using original source material has allowed Roger Herz-Fischler to piece together the intriguing story of these theories. Archaeological evidence and ancient Egyptian mathematical texts are discussed in order to place the theories in their proper historical context. The theories themselves are examined, not as abstract mathematical discourses, but as writings by individual authors who were influenced by the intellectual and social climate of their time. Among results discussed are the close links of some of the pyramid theories with other theories, such as the theory of evolution, as well as the relationship between the pyramid theories and the struggle against the introduction of the metric system. Of special note is the chapter examining how some theories spread whereas others were rejected. Detailed examination of the origins and dissemination of the eleven main theories proposed from the late 18th century to explain the shape of the Great Pyramid. Of special note is the chapter examining how some theories spread whereas others were rejected. Shipping may be from our ...
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