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Building the Great Pyramid in one year : an engineer's report /
Work smarter, not harder? Most archaeologists feel that 25,000 workers spent 20 years building the Great Pyramid in Egypt over 4000 years ago. However, by closely examining the clues and artifacts left behind, and by assuming that the Egyptians were clever and intelligent, it is found that 10,000 wo...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Algora Pub.,
2007.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- The Egyptian pyramids
- Pyramid fallacies
- Scale factors in construction and engineering
- Moving blocks
- Rolling block experiment
- Lifting blocks
- Quarrying blocks
- Additional construction details
- Social considerations
- Other approaches.