(Izdošanas datums: 07-Oct-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691247861)
From acclaimed folklorist and historian Adrienne Mayor, an enchanting collection of the ancient myths that emerged out of the wondersand disastersof the natural worldMythopedia is a fun, fact-filled A-Z treasury of myths in...Lasīt vairāk
The fascinating story of how the fossils of dinosaurs, mammoths, and other extinct animals influenced some of the most spectacular creatures of classical mythologyGriffins, Centaurs, Cyclopes, and Giantsthese fabulous creatures of...Lasīt vairāk
The burnt-red badlands of Montanas Hell Creek are a vast graveyard of the Cretaceous dinosaurs that lived 68 million years ago. Those hills were, much later, also home to the Sioux, the Crows, and the Blackfeet, the first people to encounter the...Lasīt vairāk
A gripping and groundbreaking history of how ancient cultures developed and used biological, chemical, and other unconventional weapons of warFlamethrowers, poison gases, incendiary bombs, the large-scale spreading of disease: are t...Lasīt vairāk
A treasury of astonishing mythic marvels-and the surprising truths behind them. Adrienne Mayor is renowned for exploring the borders of history, science, archaeology, anthropology, and popular knowledge to find historical realities and scientific in...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 26-Jul-2022, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691217826)
A treasury of astonishing mythic marvelsand the surprising truths behind themAdrienne Mayor is renowned for exploring the borders of history, science, archaeology, anthropology, and popular knowledge to find historical realities an...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 26-Jul-2022, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691217819)
A history of the ways in which ancient cultures developed and used biological, chemical, and other unconventional warfare, drawing on myth, science, and history and told Mayors scrupulous, yet entertaining style-- A gripping and grou...Lasīt vairāk
The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos. This wondrous machine was created not by MIT Robotics Lab, but by Hephaestus, the Greek god of invention. More than 2,500 years ago, Greek mythology was exploring ideas about creatin...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 27-Nov-2018, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691183510)
The fascinating untold story of how the ancients imagined robots and other forms of artificial lifeand even invented real automated machinesThe first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos. This wondrous machine was...Lasīt vairāk
Presents a history of the Amazons, combining classical myth and art, nomad traditions, and scientific archaeology to reveal surprising details and original insights about the fabled race of warrior women. Amazons--fierce warrior women dwel...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 22-Sep-2014, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691147208)
Presents a history of the Amazons, combining classical myth and art, nomad traditions, and scientific archaeology to reveal surprising details and original insights about the fabled race of warrior women. Amazons--fierce warrior women dwel...Lasīt vairāk
Amazonsfierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known worldwere the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and the Athenians reveled in their victory over a p...Lasīt vairāk
Amazonsfierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known worldwere the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and the Athenians reveled in their victory over a p...Lasīt vairāk
Amazonsfierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known worldwere the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and the Athenians reveled in their victory over a p...Lasīt vairāk
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Presents a history of the Amazons, combining classical myth and art, nomad traditions, and scientific archaeology to reveal surprising details and original insights about the fabled race of warrior women. Amazons-fierce warrior women dwelling...Lasīt vairāk
Marc Aronson, Adrienne Mayor, National Geographic Kids
Sērija : Science & Nature
(Izdošanas datums: 08-Apr-2014, Hardback, Izdevniecība: National Geographic Kids, ISBN-13: 9781426311086)
A follow-up to If Stones Could Speak traces the research scientist co-authors explorations in Greece and the Gobi Desert for the origins of the mythical griffin, relating the story of the ancient Scythian horsemen and the griffins that were...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 08-Apr-2014, Hardback, Izdevniecība: National Geographic Kids, ISBN-13: 9781426311093)
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A follow-up to If Stones Could Speak traces the research scientist co-authors explorations in Greece and the Gobi Desert for the origins of the mythical griffin, relating the story of the ancient Scythian horsemen and the griffins that were...Lasīt vairāk
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Griffins, Cyclopes, Monsters, and Giants--these fabulous creatures of classical mythology continue to live in the modern imagination through the vivid accounts that have come down to us from the ancient Greeks and Romans. But what if these beings...Lasīt vairāk
