text Flying snakes & griffin claws : and other classical myths, historical oddities, and scientific curiosities
- Summary
- "A treasury of astonishing mythic marvels-and the surprising truths behind them. Adrienne Mayor is renowned for exploring the borders of history, science, archaeology, anthropology, and popular knowledge to find historical realities and scientific... Read more
- Contents
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Introduction: The Borderlands of Myth, History, and Science -- Animals: Fabulous, Real, and Extinct -- Formidable Women -- Curious History and Science -- Travelers, Tattoos, and Tyrants.
- Format
- text
- Description
- xv, 420 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 21 cm
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press 2022
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 398.09 MAY in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
| East Bay Branch Library | 398.09 MAY in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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| TADL-WOOD | 398.09 MAY in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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