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Author:

Aveni, Anthony F.

Title:

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

Publisher:

University Press of Colorado,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xviii, 250 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Astronomy.
Astronomy--Social aspects.
Astrology.
Space and time.
Science--Social aspects.
Science--Philosophy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-242) and index.

Contents:

I: Where we conflict -- 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 -- II: What we share -- 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 [pecked cross] -- Last Words.

ISBN:

9780870818288
9780870818288 (alk. paper)
0870818287 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2005037323

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)