Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science-from the Babylonians to the Maya

Dick Teresi. Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science-from the Babylonians to the Maya. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.

Many ancient civilizations left behind surprising contributions to the fields of mathematics, astronomy, cosmology, physics, geology, chemistry, and technology. Dick Teresi's book, Lost Discoveries, examines some of these diverse and little-known scientific and technological insights from the past. For example, in mathematics, the ancient Egyptians worked on the idea of the lowest common denominator and formulated...