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Pyramids are now being found almost everywhere: in 1994 in China;
then in Caral, in Peru, Southern America; then in Northern Italy
and in 2005 in Bosnia. Despite their prevalence, massive pyramids
remain as mysterious and controversial as ever. Though
Egyptologists continue to argue that the Egyptian pyramids are
tombs, no bodies have ever been discovered in them. None of the
other pyramids are tombs either. Apart from the Mayan pyramids,
which are much more recent, all pyramids are similar in shape, size
and age. Does this mean that each culture developed this rather
unique shape on its own, or does it mean that there was a truly
global movement - somewhere around 3000 BC? This is the first book
to explore the new landscape of pyramids found worldwide. It
describes the changed nature of the pyramid debate and offers
science a challenge, but equally tries to answer some of the key
questions raised during the last decade of pyramid discovery. It is
a series of discoveries that has changed the archaeological world
and extended all our horizons.
This book represents the proceedings of a symposium held at the
Spring 1981 ACS meeting in Atlanta. The symposium brought together
Theoretical Chemists, Solid State Physicists, Experimen tal
Chemists and Crystallographers. One of its major aims was to
increase interaction between these diverse groups which often use
very different languages to describe similar concepts. The devel
opment of a common language, or at least the acquisition of a
multilingual capability, is a necessity if the field is to prosper.
Much depends in this field on the interplay between theory and
experiment. Accordingly this volume begins with two introduc tory
chapters, one theoretical and the other experimental, which contain
much of the background material needed for a through under standing
of the field. The remaining sections describe a wide variety of
applications and illustrate, we believe, the central role of charge
densities in the understanding of chemical bonding. We are most
indebted to the Divisions of Inorganic and Phy sical Chemistry of
the American Chemical Society, which provided the stimulus for the
symposium and gave generous financial support. We also gratefully
acknowledge financial support from the Special Educational
Opportunities Program of the Petroleum Research Fund administered
by the American Chemical Society, which made exten sive
participation by speakers from abroad possible."
"Servants of the Grail" is the first book to successfully identify
both the historical figures on which the protagonists of the Grail
story is based and the identity of the Grail itself. Years of
research has unveiled that the Grail account describes the events
of a specific timeframe, 1104 to 1137, in a specific location: the
royal court of Aragon (northern Spain). The main protagonists are
the king's immediate family and the arrival of his nephew (Rotrou
II de Perche, i.e. Perceval). The latter is confronted with the
king's court, where the mysterious A"GrailA" is the focus of
everyone's attention. Over the years, Perceval's repeat visits push
him on a slow process of understanding that will eventually make
him into a servant of the Grail himself. Questions like 'Is the
Grail real and if so, what it is?' and 'Are the Grail characters
such as Perceval real or fabricated?' have been around for several
centuries.
This book deals with the electron density distribution in molecules and solids as obtained experimentally by X-ray diffraction. It is a comprehensive treatment of the methods involved, and the interpretation of the experimental results in terms of chemical bonding and intermolecular interactions. Inorganic and organic solids as well as metals are covered in the chapters dealing with specific systems. Encompassing a broad interface with other physical sciences this book will appeal to researchers in crystallography and chemical physics.
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