links for 2007-04-19

Apr 19, 2007

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Stars and Constellations in Islamic Culture [PDF] An online book by Robert van Gent. Contains lots of pictures for concepts like declination. (tags: archaeoastronomy history+of+science astronomy)
Gene Expression: When Rome fell An interesting review of The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization by Bryan Ward-Perkins. Lengthy and well discussed. (tags: archaeology roman+archaeology roman+history classics classical+archaeology medieval)

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