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001 2004107324
003 DLC
005 20050924115803.0
008 040513s2004 dcuab b 001 0 eng d
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050 00 $aQ126$b.H35 2004
082 00 $a509$222
100 1 $aHakim, Joy.
245 10 $aAristotle leads the way /$cJoy Hakim.
246 14 $aStory of science, Aristotle leads the way
260 $aWashington :$bSmithsonian Books,$cc2004.
300 $a282 p. :$bill. (some col.), col. maps ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aStory of science
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aA Writer's reasons -- There's more to this story -- Birthing a universe -- Telling it like they thought it was: myths of creation -- Making days: were the calendar makers lunatics or just moonstruck? -- Ionia? What's Ionia? -- The "A" team -- Elementary matters: earth, air, fire, and water, says Empedocles -- Being at sea -- Worshiping numbers -- Pythagoras knows it's round -- Getting atom -- Aristotle and his teacher -- Does it change? No way, says A -- Aristarchus got it right-well, almost! -- Alexander's city -- What's a hero? -- Euclid in his elements -- Archimedes' claw -- Measuring the Earth -- Rome rules -- Longitude and latitude plus two Greek mapmakers -- The greatest -- A saint who was no scientist -- No joke-the Earth is pancake flat! -- Don't worry-the round Earth is back! -- Absolute zero -- An "ox" who bellowed -- Books will do it -- The Antipodes: discovering down under -- Cosmic voyagers: is it fiction, or could it be true? -- Finally! How science works -- The prime number sieve of Eratosthenes.
650 0 $aScience$xHistory$vPopular works.
650 0 $aAstronomy$xHistory$vPopular works.
650 0 $aMathematics$xHistory$vPopular works.
650 0 $aPhysics$xHistory$vPopular works.
800 1 $aHakim, Joy.$tStory of science.