Discarded Science: Ideas That Seemed Good at the Time...

Sterling Publishing Co

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$17.40 - $18.70
UPC:
9781904332497
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
10/28/2006
Author:
John Grant
Language:
english
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Product Overview

Alchemy, the flat earth theory, lost worlds, and aliens among us: these ideas once seemed plausiblebut now we know theyre just plain wrong. Take a fun journey through the history of science as it transforms from a field of wild speculation into a powerful tool of understanding. Explore the world in upheaval as Earth changed from center of the universe to a smallish planet orbiting an average star. Find out about hidden races and unknown creatures (like Yetis); early and bizarre thoughts on evolution; ancient astronauts and UFO crazes; the music of the spheres; the acquisition of virtues through cannibalism, and much more!