The Zodiac of Paris: How an Improbable Controversy over an Ancient Egyptian Artifact Provoked a Modern Debate between Religion and Science
Author:   Jed Z. Buchwald ,  Diane Greco Josefowicz
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
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Pages:   440
Publication Date:   09 May 2010
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Author:   Jed Z. Buchwald ,  Diane Greco Josefowicz
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9780691145761


ISBN 10:   0691145768
Pages:   440
Publication Date:   09 May 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Chapter 1: All This for Two Stones? 9 Chapter 2: Antiquity Imagined 28 Chapter 3: The Origin of All Religions 47 Chapter 4: On Napoleon's Expedition 70 Chapter 5: One Drawing, Many Words 99 Chapter 6: The Dawn of the Zodiac Controversies 116 Chapter 7: Ancient Skies, Censored 146 Chapter 8: Egypt Captured in Ink and Porcelain 175 Chapter 9: Egyptian Stars under Paris Skies 222 Chapter 10: The Zodiac Debates 268 Chapter 11: Champollion's Cartouche 312 Chapter 12: Epilogue 334 Acknowledgments 341 Notes 343 Bibliography 379 Figure Sources 407 Subject Index 413 Name Index 419

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An impressive piece of scholarship. -- Jo Marchant, New Scientist [T]his book [is] one of the best that I have read in the history of science in the last ten years. -- William R. Shea, Journal of the History of Science


An impressive piece of scholarship. -- Jo Marchant, New Scientist


An impressive piece of scholarship. -- Jo Marchant New Scientist


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Jed Z. Buchwald is the Doris and Henry Dreyfuss Professor of History at the California Institute of Technology. His books include The Creation of Scientific Effects: Heinrich Hertz and Electric Waves. Diane Greco Josefowicz teaches in the writing program at Boston University.

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