{"product_id":"books-records-in-stone-by-clive-ruggles","title":"Records in Stone","description":"Professor Alexander Thom, who died in 1985, was a distinguished engineer. Independently of his 'mainstream' academic career, he developed a deep and active interest in the prehistoric megalithic sites of Britain and Brittany, visiting and surveying many hundreds of them over a period of forty years. Thom's interpretations of the field data have aroused strong interest and some intense controversy. The main areas of debate are: geometry (the methods used to set out the megalithic rings, many of which appear to be non-circular); mensuration (the possible use of 'standard' units of measurement in setting out rings and rows); and astronomy (the connection between structures aligned upon the horizon and the rising and setting positions of the sun, moon or stars).","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53510186893585,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780521531306_f2b73295-14df-4e81-a558-87c2767a42d3.jpg?v=1778171788","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-records-in-stone-by-clive-ruggles","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}