The shape of the Great Pyramid / Roger Herz-Fischler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herz-Fischler, Roger, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Pyramid (Egypt)--Miscellanea.

Great Pyramid (Egypt).

Weights and measures--Egypt--Miscellanea.

Weights and measures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Who has not seen a picture of the Great Pyramid of Egypt, massive in size but deceptively simple in shape, and not wondered how that shape was determined? Starting in the late eighteenth century, eleven main theories were proposed to explain the shape of the Great Pyramid. Even though some of these theories are well known, there has never been a detailed examination of their origins and dissemination. Twenty years of research using original and difficult-to-obtain source material has allowed Roger Herz-Fischler to piece together the intriguing story of these theories. Arc

Contents:

Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I. THE CONTEXT; PART II. ONE PYRAMID, MANY THEORIES; PART III. CONCLUSIONS; APPENDICES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY/INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610925155

9781280925153

1280925159

9780889207769

0889207763

OCLC:

753479510