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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Aczel, Amir D. (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2009.
Subjects:	Paleolithic period. Magdalenian culture. Cave paintings. Painting, Prehistoric. Niaux Cave (France) Lascaux Cave (France) Chauvet Cave (France) Antiquities, Prehistoric.
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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.
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:	Amir D. Aczel was born in Haifa, Israel on November 6, 1950. He received bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley and a doctorate in decision sciences from the business school at the University of Oregon. He taught at several universities during his lifetime including the University of Alaska and Bentley College. 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)