Uncommon sense : understanding nature's truths across time and culture /

Uncommon sense : understanding nature's truths across time and culture /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Aveni, Anthony F.
Imprint:	Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, c2006.
Description:	xviii, 250 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Astronomy. Astronomy -- Social aspects. Astrology. Space and time. Science -- Social aspects. Science -- Philosophy. Astrology. Astronomy. Astronomy -- Social aspects. Science -- Philosophy. Science -- Social aspects. Space and time.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6216949

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ISBN:	0870818287 (alk. paper) 9780870818288 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-242) and index.

Table of Contents:

What Was That Star?
Where Orbits Came From and How the Greeks Unstacked the Deck
Why You Can't Have a Big Bang without Darwin -- and Vice Versa
When Disciplines Collide: From Dinosaurs to the Dogon
What's in a Number?
Time, the City and a King's Dilemma
Space: Are Maps Really Territory?
Lists: Does Everybody Do Science?
Symbols: The Natural History of a
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Index