Lost knowledge : : the concept of vanished technologies and other human histories / / by Benjamin B. Olshin.
Lost Knowledge: The Concept of Vanished Technologies and Other Human Histories examines the idea of lost knowledge, reaching back to a period between myth and history. It investigates a peculiar idea found in a number of early texts: that there were civilizations with knowledge of sophisticated tech...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2019] |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Technology and Change in History
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (474 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Frontispiece
- Copyright page
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Figures
- Speculations and Fantasies
- Ancient Tales of Flying Machines
- Magic Mirrors and Early Televisions
- The Missing Land of Atlantis
- Rings and Dangerous Powers
- The Nature, Encoding, and Transmission of Knowledge
- Conclusions — What Did They Mean?
- Back Matter
- Bibliography
- Index.