Records in Stone
Subtitle: Papers in Memory of Alexander Thom
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 13, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 537
ISBN-13: 9780521531306
Subjects: History of science; Science; Science/Mathematics; History; Science / History; Technology / General
First sentence: When my father was born, Queen Victoria was on the throne; the law of the land required a mechanically propelled vehicle to have a man walking in front with a red flag; powered flight was still a dream; the Yukon Trail was known to only a few men; and later feats such as the moon walk and sending probes to visit Halley's comet were mere fantasy.