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Engineering the Pyramids
The History Press 2013; US$ 18.94Using archaeological records and the basic principles of engineering, Dick Parry provides an account of the design history of the pyramids, the techniques and organisation needed and insights into why the pyramids were designed as they were. more...
Imaging the Cheops Pyramid
Springer 2011; US$ 99.99This book tells a story of an encounter between Archaeology and Applied Mathematics. The author was an engineer at Electricite de France (EDF), a former Assistant Professor at Ecole Polytechnique. He is currently a researcher at EDF, Ecole Polytechnique and ENSTA, an expert in theories and applications in Solid Mechanics & Inverse Problems, He worked... more...
Pyramid
Dorling Kindersley 2006; US$ 15.99A completely unique approach to illustrated reference, DK's Navigator series uses panoramic storyboard sequences to help readers dive into the pages in a whole new way. Cutting edge digital illustrations reveal the natural world as never before. Text follows a graphic pathway to guide readers through each subject. Illustrations connect every page to... more...
DK Eyewitness Books: Pyramid
DK Publishing 2011; US$ 16.99They Pyramids at Giza in Egypt have stood for over 4,500 years, and the amazingfeat of their construction is shrouded in mystery. This superb collection of specially commissioned photographs tries to answer some of the riddles about themand the people who built them. Discover what archeological finds have revealedabout life on the banks of the Nile... more...
The Shape of the Great Pyramid
Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2006; US$ 21.95Who has not seen a picture of the Great Pyramid of Egypt, massive in size but deceptively simple in shape, and not wondered how that shape was determined? Starting in the late eighteenth century, eleven main theories were proposed to explain the shape of the Great Pyramid. Even though some of these theories are well known, there has never... more...
Apprenticeship in Critical Ethnographic Practice
University of Chicago Press 2011; US$ 27.50In this extended meditation, Jean Lave interweaves analysis of the process of apprenticeship among the Vai and Gola tailors of Liberia with reflections on the evolution of her research on those tailors in the late 1970s. In so doing, she provides both a detailed account of her apprenticeship in the art of sustained fieldwork and an insightful overview... more...
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