Neal Stephenson
Series
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Fusing historical events with a gripping fictional narrative, this first book in the Mongoliad trilogy reveals a secret history of Europe in the thirteenth century. As the Mongols swept across Asia and were poised to invade Europe in 1241, a small band of warriors, inheritors of an ancient secret tradition, conceived a desperate plan to stop the attack. They must kill the Khan of Khans; if they fail, all of Christendom will be destroyed. In the late...
Series
Foreworld saga volume 3
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The conclusion of the epic adventures of the Shield-Brethren.
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"This work is a history of technology. It surveys the development of the mechanical clock from prehistory to the modern era in a compact, approachable text suitable for the general reader or for an undergraduate course text. The author seeks to answer the following questions: How did horologists achieve greater precision and ease of use for chronometers? How did this advancement drive the modern scientific mind-set and the timekeeping regimes that...
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