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

Whitfield, Peter

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

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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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Peter Whitfield has written widely on the history of maps, including The Image of the World: 20 Centuries of WorldMaps (1994) and New Found Lands: Maps in the History ofExploration(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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