Isbn: 9780521531306 - records in stone: papers in memory of alexander thom (4 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Minor Creases To Cover Otherwise Clean And Tidy.

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Zustand: New. Editor(s): Ruggles, Clive. Num Pages: 540 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 174 x 28. Weight in Grams: 920. . 2010. Revised ed. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Professor Alexander Thom, who died in 1985, was a distinguished engineer. Independently of his 'mainstream' academic career, he developed a deep and active interest in the prehistoric megalithic sites of Britain and Brittany, visiting and surveying many hundreds of them over a period of forty years. Thom's interpretations of the field data have aroused strong interest and some intense controversy. The main areas of debate are: geometry (the methods used to set out the megalithic rings, many of which appear to be non-circular); mensuration (the possible use of 'standard' units of measurement in setting out rings and rows); and astronomy (the connection between structures aligned upon the horizon and the rising and setting positions of the sun, moon or stars).…