We Are Not The First; Riddles of Ancient Science
We Are Not The First: Riddles of Ancient Science. ● Robots and computers were a reality centuries before Norbert Wiener
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Table of contents :
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1: The Days and Nights of Knowledge
2: Novelties in Antiquity
3: Discoveries create Problems
4: The Blacksmith of Olympus
5: The Forgotten Art of Goldmaking
6: The Caduceus of Hermes
7: From Temples and Forums to Atomic Reactors
8: Sages under the Heavenly Vault
9: The Zodiac and the Music of the Spheres
10: Apes and Ages
11: The Celestial Comedy
12: Maps, Manuscripts and Marvels
13: Electricity in the Remote Past
14: Did the Ancients master Gravitation?
15: Prehisioric Aircraft
16: They conquered space long before we did
17: First Robots, Computers, Radio, Television and Time Viewing Machines
18: An Enigma of Social Science: the Incas
19: Apollonius met the Men who Knew Everything
20: Diamonds and Stars: the Immortal St. Germain
21: In the Abode of Wisdom : Roerich
22: In Quest of the Source
Conclusion
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1: The Days and Nights of Knowledge
2: Novelties in Antiquity
3: Discoveries create Problems
4: The Blacksmith of Olympus
5: The Forgotten Art of Goldmaking
6: The Caduceus of Hermes
7: From Temples and Forums to Atomic Reactors
8: Sages under the Heavenly Vault
9: The Zodiac and the Music of the Spheres
10: Apes and Ages
11: The Celestial Comedy
12: Maps, Manuscripts and Marvels
13: Electricity in the Remote Past
14: Did the Ancients master Gravitation?
15: Prehisioric Aircraft
16: They conquered space long before we did
17: First Robots, Computers, Radio, Television and Time Viewing Machines
18: An Enigma of Social Science: the Incas
19: Apollonius met the Men who Knew Everything
20: Diamonds and Stars: the Immortal St. Germain
21: In the Abode of Wisdom : Roerich
22: In Quest of the Source
Conclusion
Bibliography
