The cave and the cathedral : how a real-life Indiana Jones and a renegade scholar decoded the ancient art of man
by Aczel, Amir D. (Author)
Summary
Popular science writer Aczel examines French (and some Spanish) cave drawings and the theories scientists have put forward to explain them, including religious iconography, hunting trophies, and a leap in human brain development. Full description
Summary: |
Popular science writer Aczel examines French (and some Spanish) cave drawings and the theories scientists have put forward to explain them, including religious iconography, hunting trophies, and a leap in human brain development. |
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Physical Description: |
xiv, 242 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-231) and index. |
ISBN: |
9780470373538 0470373539 |
Author Notes: |
His first book, Complete Business Statistics, was published in 1989 and went through eight editions. His other books include How to Beat the I.R.S. at Its Own Game: Strategies to Avoid - and Fight - an Audit; Fermat's Last Theorem: Unlocking the Secret of an Ancient Mathematical Problem; The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinity; The Riddle of the Compass: The Invention That Changed the World; Entanglement: The Greatest Mystery in Physics; and Finding Zero: A Mathematician's Odyssey to Uncover the Origins of Numbers. He died from cancer on November 26, 2015 at the age of 65. (Bowker Author Biography) |