The Lost Secrets of Maya Technology - Couverture souple

O'Kon, James A.

 
9781601632074: The Lost Secrets of Maya Technology
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 160163207X ISBN 13 : 9781601632074
Editeur : Career Press, 2012

Synopsis

The Maya have been an enigma since their discovery in the mid-19th century. Maya science developed an elegant mathematic system, an incredibly accurate astronomy, and one of the world's five original written languages. This technology was more advanced than similar European technology by more than a thousand years.

All of this was unknown until James O'Kon, a professional engineer, synergistically applied field exploration, research, forensic engineering, and 3-D virtual reconstruction of Maya projects to discover lost Maya technological achievements. These lost principles of technology enabled Maya engineers to construct grand cities that towered above the rainforest, water systems with underground reservoirs for water storage, milesof all-weather paved roads tracking through the jungle, and the longest bridge in the ancient world.

Maya engineers developed structural mechanics for multi-story buildings that were not exceeded in height until the first skyscraper built in Chicago in 1885, invented the blast furnace 2,000 years before it was patented in England, and developed the vulcanization of rubber more than 2,600 years before Charles Goodyear.

Discover a host of unknown wonders in THE LOST SECRETS OF MAYA TECHNOLOGY.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Maya have been an enigma since their discovery in the mid-19th century. Maya science developed an elegant mathematic system, an incredibly accurate astronomy, and one of the world's five original written languages. This technology was more advanced than similar European technology by more than a thousand years.

All of this was unknown until James O'Kon, a professional engineer, synergistically applied field exploration, research, forensic engineering, and 3-D virtual reconstruction of Maya projects to discover lost Maya technological achievements. These lost principles of technology enabled Maya engineers to construct grand cities that towered above the rainforest, water systems with underground reservoirs for water storage, milesof all-weather paved roads tracking through the jungle, and the longest bridge in the ancient world.

Maya engineers developed structural mechanics for multi-story buildings that were not exceeded in height until the first skyscraper built in Chicago in 1885, invented the blast furnace 2,000 years before it was patented in England, and developed the vulcanization of rubber more than 2,600 years before Charles Goodyear.

Discover a host of unknown wonders in THE LOST SECRETS OF MAYA TECHNOLOGY.

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Éditeur
Career Press
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
160163207X
ISBN 13 
9781601632074
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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