Aristotle leads the way
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Washington, DC :
Smithsonian Books,
2004.
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| 003 | OCoLC | ||
| 005 | 20091231154600.0 | ||
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| 100 | 1 | |a Hakim, Joy. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Aristotle leads the way / |c Joy Hakim. |
| 246 | 1 | 4 | |a Story of science, Aristotle leads the way |
| 260 | |a Washington, DC : |b Smithsonian Books, |c 2004. | ||
| 300 | |a 282 p. : |b ill. (some col.), col. maps ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Writer's reasons -- There's more to this story -- Birthing a universe -- Telling it like they thought it was: myths of creation -- Making days: Were the calendar makers lunatics or just moonstruck? -- Ionia? What's Ionia? -- "A" team -- elementary matters: Earth, air, fire, and water, says Empedocles -- Being at sea -- Worshiping numbers -- Pythagoras knows it's round -- Getting atom -- Aristotle and his teacher -- Does it change? No way, says Aristarchus got it right-well, almost! -- Alexander's city -- What's a hero? -- Euclid in his elements -- Archimedes' claw -- Measuring the earth -- Rome rules -- Longitude and latitude plus two Greek mapmakers -- Greatest -- saint who was no scientist -- No joke-the earth is pancake flat! -- Don't worry-the round earth is back! -- Absolute zero -- "Ox" who bellowed -- Books will do it -- Antipodes: Discovering down under -- Cosmic voyagers: Is it fiction, or could it be true? -- Finally! How science works -- Prime number sieve of Eratosthenes -- Suggested reading -- NSTA recommends -- Picture credits -- Permissions -- Index. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Astronomy |x History |v Juvenile nonfiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Mathematics |x History |v Juvenile nonfiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Physics |x History |v Juvenile nonfiction. | |
| 994 | |a C0 |b PCB | ||
| 949 | |a Schlow |b SJNON |c 500 HAK |d i |e 39635101913638 |f 204169 |g jddc |j 12/01/2004 | ||
| 999 | |a 178139 | ||
