Riddle of the Compass The Invention That Changed the World

Name: Riddle of the Compass The Invention That Changed the World
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ISBN: 9780156007535

ISBN-10: 0156007533

ISBN-13: 9780156007535

Edition: 2002 (Reprint)

Authors: Amir D. Aczel

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The story of the compass is shrouded in mystery and myth, yet most will agree it begins around the time of the birth of Christ in ancient China. A mysterious lodestone whose powers affected metal was known to the Chinese emperor. When this piece of metal was suspended in water, it always pointed north. This unexplainable occurrence led to the stone's use in feng shui, the Chinese art of finding the right location. However, it was the Italians, more than a thousand years later, who discovered the ultimate destiny of the lodestone and unleashed its formidable powers. In Amalfi sometime in the twelfth century, the compass was born, crowning the Italians as the new rulers of the seas and…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 5/2/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Amir D. Aczel, Ph.D., his work has been translated into Turkish, Hebrew, French, German, italian, Chinese and Spanish. An internationally known mathematician, he lives in the Boston area.



Preface



Odyssey



Signs in the Sea and Sky



Dante



The Etruscan Chandelier



Amalfi



The Ghost of Flavio Gioia



Iron Fish, Lodestone Turtle



Venice



Marco Polo



Charting the Mediterranean



A Nautical Revolution



Conclusion


A Note on the Sources


References


Acknowledgments


Index