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Professor Alexander Thom, who died in 1985, was a distinguished engineer. Independently of his 'mainstream' academic career, he developed a deep and active interest in the prehistoric megalithic sites of Britain and Brittany, visiting and surveying many hundreds of them over a period of forty years. Thom's interpretations of the field data have aroused strong interest and some intense controversy. The main areas of debate are: geometry (the methods used to set out the megalithic rings, many of which appear to be non-circular); mensuration (the possible use of 'standard' units of measurement in setting out rings and rows); and astronomy (the connection between structures aligned upon the horizon and the rising and setting positions of the sun, moon or stars).

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Science: general issues History of science

• Full title: Records in Stone
• Author: Clive Ruggles
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 540
• EAN: 9780521531306
• ISBN: 0521531306
• ID: 04092439
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 978 g
• Dimensions: 237 × 191 × 28 mm
• Date of publishing: 13. February 2003

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