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Lost knowledge : the concept of vanished technologies and other human histories /
"Lost Knowledge : The Concept of Vanished Technologies and Other Human Histories examines the idea of lost knowledge, reaching back to a period between myth and history. It investigates a peculiar idea found in a number of early texts: that there were civilizations with knowledge of sophisticat...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2019]
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| Colección: | Technology and change in history ;
v. 16. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Speculations and fantasies
- Ancient tales of flying machines
- Magic mirrors and early televisions
- The missing land of Atlantis
- Rings and dangerous powers
- The nature, encoding, and transmission of knowledge
- Conclusions: What did they mean?