COSMOLOGY
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SUN, MOON & STONEHENGE: HIGH CULTURE IN ANCIENT BRITAIN
Written by Robin Heath.
Stock no. 1831146
Published by Bluestone Press.
1st
1998.
Very good condition.
How did the builders of Stonehenge predict eclipses to within a minute of accuracy? Why did they bring stones all the way from West Wales? What is the connection between Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid? Could ancient Britons really predict eclipses to the hour? Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and diagrams. xv and 239 pages including index. ISBN: 0952615177. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.
SUN, MOON & STONEHENGE: HIGH CULTURE IN ANCIENT BRITAIN
Written by Robin Heath.
Stock no. 1831031
Published by Bluestone Press.
1st
1998.
Nearly fine condition.
How did the builders of Stonehenge predict eclipses to within a minute of accuracy? Why did they bring stones all the way from West Wales? What is the connection between Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid? Could ancient Britons really predict eclipses to the hour? Limited Edition of 2000 numbered copies. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and diagrams. xv and 239 pages including index. ISBN: 0952615177. SIGNED by the author, dedicated 'To Polly, with best wishes', to front endpaper on tipped in plate. This is copy 98 of 2,000. Covers lightly scuffed, very minor grubbiness to top edge of text block. contents clean.
THEORETICAL COSMOLOGY
Written by A.K. Raychaudhuri.
Stock no. 686770
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1979.
Very good condition.
Today cosmology is one of the most exciting and at the same time confusing subjects. The book aims to convey to the reader some of the excitement while not hiding the confusions that remain. Thus while evidences of the microwave background radiation and the abundances of deuteron and helium as bringing support for the standard big bang cosmology are dealt with in fair details, the unsolved puzzle of some apparently anomalous red shifts and the tendency towards a negative parameter also receive attention... Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. x and 298 pages including index. ISBN: 019851462X. Spine faded. Text block browned. Contents clean.
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