{"product_id":"records-in-stone-papers-in-memory-of-alexander-thom-paperback-9780521531306","title":"Records in Stone; Papers in Memory of Alexander Thom (Paperback) 9780521531306","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRecords in Stone\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePapers in Memory of Alexander Thom\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eClive Ruggles (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521531306, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 13 February 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e540 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 19.1 x 2.8 cm, 0.978 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eProfessor Alexander Thom, who died in 1985, was a distinguished engineer. Independently of his 'mainstream' academic career, he developed a deep and active interest in the prehistoric megalithic sites of Britain and Brittany, visiting and surveying many hundreds of them over a period of forty years. Thom's interpretations of the field data have aroused strong interest and some intense controversy. The main areas of debate are: geometry (the methods used to set out the megalithic rings, many of which appear to be non-circular); mensuration (the possible use of 'standard' units of measurement in setting out rings and rows); and astronomy (the connection between structures aligned upon the horizon and the rising and setting positions of the sun, moon or stars).\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Alexander Thom's Life and Work: 1. A personal note about my late father, Alexander Thom Archie Thom\u003cbr\u003e 2. A personal appreciation of Professor Alexander Thom Hans Motz\u003cbr\u003e 3. The career and publications of Alexander Thom Compiled by Archie Thom\u003cbr\u003e 4. A catalogue of the Alexander Thom archive held in the National Monuments Record of Scotland Lesley Ferguson\u003cbr\u003e 5. The metrology and geometry of Megalithic Man Alexander Thom and Archie Thom\u003cbr\u003e 6. Megalithic landscape Chris Jennings\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Research Papers: Archaeological Research Inspired by Alexander Thom: 7. 'Without sharp north …' Alexander Thom and the great stone circles of Cumbria Aubrey Burl\u003cbr\u003e 8. Investigating the prehistoric solar calendar Euan MacKie\u003cbr\u003e 9. The stone alignments of Argyll and Mull: a perspective on the statistical approach in archaeoastronomy Clive Ruggles\u003cbr\u003e 10. A cluster analysis of astronomical orientations Jon Patrick and Peter Freeman\u003cbr\u003e 11. Megalithic observatories in Britain: real or imagined? Ray Norris\u003cbr\u003e 12. The stone rows of northern Scotland Leslie Myatt\u003cbr\u003e 13. Stones in the landscape of Brittany Pierre-Roland Giot\u003cbr\u003e 14. The orientation of visibility from the chambered cairns of Eday, Orkney David Fraser\u003cbr\u003e 15. The Ring of Brodgar, Orkney Graham Ritchie\u003cbr\u003e 16. The geometry of some megalithic rings Ronald Curtis\u003cbr\u003e 17. Megalithic compound ring geometry Thaddeus Cowan\u003cbr\u003e 18. The metrology of cup-and-ring carvings Alan Davis\u003cbr\u003e 19. Megalithic Callanish Margaret Ponting\u003cbr\u003e 20. The Thom paradigm in the Americas: the case of the cross-circle designs Anthony Aveni\u003cbr\u003e 21. Light in the temples Ed Krupp\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46019788701976,"sku":"9780521531306","price":48.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521531306i_a2cf0f41-b2b7-4075-a75c-a6e7795048e2.jpg?v=1691369037","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/records-in-stone-papers-in-memory-of-alexander-thom-paperback-9780521531306","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}