Secrets of the Great Pyramid Author:Peter Tompkins For years the remarkable mathematical calculations inherent in the design of the Great Pyramid were thought to be random. In this intriguing book, the author now proves that this tomb of Cheops was created by a highly advanced civilization in possession of a science not formally "discovered" until the 17th century. (Whoever built the G... more »reat Pyramid knew the precise circumference of the earth and the length of the year to several decimals.) Tompkins chronicles the 2,000-year search for the answers to the mysteries of this colossal structure, from the first medieval explorers to the latest scientific breakthroughs.« less