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Contents Introduction 12 *** 1. Star Searchers 16 *** 2. Calender Priests & Clockmakers 29 *** 3. Earth-Exlorers & Atomists 43 *** 4. Mathematics & Computers 59 *** 5. Studying Life 71 *** 6. Medicine, Drugs & Psychology 83 *** 7. Tomb-Builders & City Planners 99 *** 8. Machinery in the Ancient World 115 *** Bibliography 127 *** Index 128Colin A. Ronan [1920-1995] was a British author and specialist in the history and philosophy of science.He was educated at Abingdon School in Oxfordshire and served in the British Army from 1940–1946, achieving the rank of major. After the war he obtained a BSc in Astronomy, and then took an administrative post at the secretariat of The Royal Society. While there he did an MSc in the History and Philosophy of Science under Herbert Dingle at University College London. After leaving the Royal Society he took up writing, and during a long career as an author produced over forty books, mainly on astronomy, and the history and philosophy of science. Later in life he collaborated with Joseph Needham on an abridgement of Needham's great work on China, producing The Shorter Science and Civilization in China in several volumes. He played key roles in the ad

Author

Ronan, Colin A.

Publisher

McGraw-Hill School Education Group

Published

1973

Language

EN

ISBN

9780070535978

Subjects

Science, History, Stem

Updated

2026-03-24