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Failed Historical Scientific Instruments /
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Can a scientific instrument be regarded as a failure? Why and how? By shedding light on the complexity of these questions, the volume marks a step forward in the way historical scientific instruments can be analysed and displayed. The essays show how diverse failures can be, and how the assessment of scientific devices may change over time - some surprisingly becoming more successful. In addition to studies of how technical features led to failure, the authors examine the roles played by social bias and behaviour, commercial and economic circumstances, and political factors.
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1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004689107
Conservation of historic stone buildings and monuments : report of the Committee on Conservation...
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Includes the proceedings of a conference held Feb. 2-4, 1981 at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. :
xiii, 365 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographies and index. :
030903275X (pbk.)
0309032881
The Alexander romance by Ps.-Callisthenes : a historical commentary /
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The Alexander Romance by Ps.-Callisthenes of Krzysztof Nawotka is a guide to a third century AD fictional biography of Alexander the Great, the anonymous Historia Alexandri Magni . It is a historical commentary which identifies all names and places in this piece of Greek literature approached as a source for the history of Alexander the Great, from kings, like Nectanebo II of Egypt and Darius III of Persia, to fictional characters. It discusses real and imaginary geography of the Alexander Romance . While dealing with all aspects of Ps.-Callisthenes relevant to Greek history and to Macedonia, its pays particular attention to aspects of ancient history and culture of Babylonia and Egypt and to the multi-layered foundation story of Alexandria.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004335226 :
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