Isbn: 9780714120713 - Science and the Past (3 results)

1st edition. Small 4to. 192pp. Colour and b/w. illustrations. Original boards. Pictorial cream d/w. lettered in blue, spine faded. ISBN 0714120715 US$10.

Condition: BUONO USATO. Da revisionare INGLESE Illustrazioni presenti nel volume. Il volume rilegato in tessuto si presenta in buono stato di conservazione. Il dorso e le copertine mostrano lievi segni di usura. Le pagine interne sono leggermente ingiallite dal tempo e fruibili. I tagli appena bruniti e regolari. La cerniera à ben salda. La sovracoperta che riveste il volume à in buone condizioni. Numero pagine 192. Il volume potrebbe contenere timbri, il materiale à stato regolarmente acquisito dalla nostra Libreria.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. The ancient artifacts so carefully restored and exhibited in museums open vast windows to our understanding of humanity's past. But for every question an artefact can answer about an earlier civilization, a dozen more are raised. How long ago was this made, with what techniques, and of what materials? What was it used for? How do we know it's authentic? Modern science is able to provide more and more answers to a wide variety of such fundamental questions. In this volume staff members of the British Museum's Department of Scientific Research explain how the physical and computer sciences are used to study and preserve the record of the past. The British Museum Research Laboratory is the oldest in the world attached to a museum; its staff writes with authority on the benefits (and pitfalls) of using modern scientific analysis to illuminate the technologies and achievements of the past. DJ in mylar cover, faded on spine; some foxing; heavy. 208 pages.…