Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid (Paperback)

Charles Piazzi Smyth

ISBN 10: 1108044417 / ISBN 13: 9781108044417

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2012

Beschreibung

Paperback. Charles Piazzi Smyth (18191900) was appointed to the post of Astronomer Royal for Scotland and Regius Professor of Astronomy at Edinburgh University in 1846. He was respected for his practical work, and his Teneriffe, an Astronomer's Experiment (1858) is also reissued in this series. However, this book, first published in 1864, is testimony to the author's interest in 'pyramidology', and although it was so popular in his own lifetime that it was reprinted five times, his eccentric interpretation of the data he had collected by measuring all aspects of the Great Pyramid of Giza damaged his scientific reputation. Smyth was convinced that the British measurement standard of an inch as a basic unit of length was associated with the sacred cubit of the Bible. This measure was supposedly incorporated in the Pyramid, which he claimed was built under divine guidance by the Ancient Israelites, and enshrined scientific information. Charles Piazzi Smyth (18191900), Astronomer Royal for Scotland, was keenly interested in 'pyramidology': he was convinced that the Great Pyramid of Giza was built under divine guidance and contained scientific information. This 1864 work sets out his argument, based on the measurements he had made of the Pyramid. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid (Paperback)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1108044417
• ISBN-13: 9781108044417
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: new

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Inhaltsangabe

Smyth's 1864 work, based on his measurements, argues that the Great Pyramid of Giza was built under divine guidance.

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Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.