{"product_id":"the-shape-of-the-great-pyramid-9780889203242","title":"The Shape of the Great Pyramid","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDetailed examination of the origins and dissemination of the eleven main theories proposed from the late 18th century to explain the shape of the Great Pyramid. Of special note is the chapter examining how some theories spread whereas others were rejected.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e``Apart from the special subject of this very readable book, the last chapters will be a most valuable base for any study of a related kind. One can only look forward to the next volume by the author about the secrets of the `golden section'.'' -- Benno Artmann -- British Journal of the History of Science, Volume 37, Number 3, September 2004, 200502\u003cbr\u003e``It is readable, enjoyable and generates a sense of curiosity concerning the technical expertise and mathematical know-how of those who constructed the pyramids....Roger Herz-Fischler has written a work of great scholarship, which may very well succeed in recruiting adherents to the field of pyramidology.'' -- P.N. Ruane -- The Mathematical Gazette, July 2002, 200409\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Shape of the Great Pyramid\u003c\/i\u003e by Roger Herz-Fischler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I. The Context\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. Historical and Architectural Context\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. External Dimensions and Construction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSurveyed Dimensions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAngle of Inclination of the Faces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEgyptian Units of Measurement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilding and Measuring Techniques\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. Historiography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarly Writings on the Dimensions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModern Historiographers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II. One Pyramid, Many Theories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiagrams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. A Summary of Theories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Definitions of the Symbols—Observered Values\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Comparison of the Theories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. \u003ci\u003eSeked\u003c\/i\u003e Theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mathematical Description of the Theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eSeked\u003c\/i\u003e Problems in the \u003ci\u003eRhind Papyrus\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArchaeological Evidence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarly Interpretations of the \u003ci\u003eRhind Papyrus\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePetrie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBorchardt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhilosophical and Practical Considerations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. Arris = Side\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mathematical Description of the Theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHerodotus (vth century)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreaves (1641)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaucton (1781)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJomard (1809)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAgnew (1838)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFergusson (1849)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBecektt (1876)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHowards, Wells (1912)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7. Side : Apothem = 5 : 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mathematical Description of the Theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlutarch's \u003ci\u003eIsis and Osiris\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJomard (1809)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerring (1842)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRamée (1860)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8. Side : Height = 8 : 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mathematical Description of the Theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJomard (1809)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAgnew (1838)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerring (1840?)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRöber (1855)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRamée (1860)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eViollet-le-Duc (1863)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGarbett, (1866)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA.X., (1866)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrunés (1967)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 9. Pi-theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mathematical Description of the Theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEgyptian Circle Calculations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAgnew (1838)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVyse (1840)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChantrell (1847)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTaylor (1859)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHerschel (1860)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmyth (1864)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePetrie (1874)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeckett (1876)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProctor (1877)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwentieth-Century Authors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 10. Heptagon Theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mathematical Description of the Theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFergusson (1849)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTexier (1934)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 11. Kepler Triangle Theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mathematical Description of the Theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKepler Triangle and Equal Area Theories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKepler Triangle, Golden Number, Equal Area\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRöber (1855)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrach, Garbett (1866)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJarolimek (1890)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeikes (1907)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 12. Height = Golden Number\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mathematical Description of the Theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRöber (1855)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZeising (1855)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMisinterpretations of Röber\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChoisy (1899)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 13. Equal Area Theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mathematical Description of the Theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Passage from Herodotus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAgnew (1838)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTaylor (1859)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHerschel (1860)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThurnell (1866)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGarbett (1866)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmyth (1874)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHankel (1874)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeckett and Friend (1876)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProctor (1880)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBallard (1882)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePetrie (1883)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwentieth-Century Authors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 14. Slope of the Arris = 9\/10\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mathematical Description of the Theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilliam Petrie (1867)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJames and O'Farrell (1867)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmyth (1874)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeckett (1876), Bonwick (1877), Ballard (1882)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlinders Petrie (1883)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTexier (1939)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLauer (1944)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 15. Height : Arris = 2 : 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mathematical Description of the Theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnknown (before 1883)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 16. Additional Theories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III. Conclusions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 17. Philosophical Considerations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 18. Sociology of the Theories—A Case Study: The Pi-theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Social and Intellectual Background in Victorian Britian\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelationship of the Pi-theory to Other Topics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Profile of the Authors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 19. Conclusions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sociology of the Theories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Was the Design Principle?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 1. An Annotated Bibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 2. Tombal Superstructures: References and Dimensions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 3. Egyptian Measures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 4. Egyptian Mathematics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 5. 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