About Plato’s Puzzle
A detailed account about the discovery underlying Plato’s Puzzle is published in the following peer-reviewed article:
Mark A. Sutton, ‘The Geometry of Plato’s Cosmos’, Culture and Cosmos, Vol. 23 no. 2 (Autumn and Winter 2019), pp.43-73. (Published January 2023).
https://doi.org/10.46472/CC.0223.0209
See the Article & Supplementary Material files and the Culture & Cosmos issue 23 no. 2.
A short account is given in:
Mark A. Sutton, Plato’s Puzzle: Hidden geometry of the night sky. Nousaider Press: Edinburgh, 2023. 12 pp + 6 wooden sheets,
ISBN: 978-1-3999-4545-5. (See Products)
Press & other media
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Other publications
The following publications by the author explore related aspects of ammonia, nitrogen and the history of science:
M.A. Sutton, C.E.R. Pitcairn & D. Fowler, ‘The exchange of ammonia between the atmosphere and plant communities‘, Advances in Ecological Research, Vol. 24, pp. 301-393, 1993.
M.A. Sutton, J.W. Erisman, F. Dentener & D. Möller, ‘Ammonia in the environment: From ancient times to the present‘, Environmental Pollution, Volume 156, Issue 3, pp. 583-604, 2008.
J.W. Erisman, M.A. Sutton, J. Galloway, Z. Klimont & W. Winiwarter, ‘How a century of ammonia synthesis changed the world‘, Nature Geoscience Vol. 1, issue 10, pp. 636-639, 2008.
M.A. Sutton, C.M. Howard, J.W. Erisman, G. Billen, A. Bleeker, P. Grennfelt, H. van Grinsven & B. Grizzetti, ‘Assessing our nitrogen inheritance‘, Chapter 1 in: The European Nitrogen Assessment, (eds. M.A. Sutton, C.M. Howard, J.W. Erisman, G. Billen, A. Bleeker, P. Grennfelt, H. van Grinsven & B. Grizzetti), pp. 1-6, Cambridge University Press, 2011. (All chapters from The European Nitrogen Assessment can be freely downloaded here).
M.A. Sutton and C.M. Howard, ‘Ammonia maps make history [Satellite pinpoints ammonia sources globally]‘, Nature, Vol. 564 (Issue 7734). pp. 49-50, 2018.
M.A. Sutton, N. Van Dijk, P.E. Levy, M.R. Jones, I.D. Leith, L.J. Sheppard, S. Leeson, Y.S. Tang, A. Stephens, C.F. Braban, U. Dragosits, C.M. Howard, M.Vieno, D. Fowler, P. Corbett, M.I. Naikoo, S. Munzi, C.J. Ellis, S. Chatterjee, C.E. Steadman, A. Móring & P.A Wolseley. Alkaline air: changing perspectives on nitrogen and air pollution in an ammonia-rich world. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series A. 378, (Issue 2183): 20190315, 2020.
See Supplementary Material, including:
- Comparison of historical nitrogen prices with other commodities.
- Long-term historical changes in nitrogen prices.
- Ammonia in Greek alchemical literature.
- A Greek list of alchemical names for aqueous ammonia.
A full list of publications by the author is available at Google Scholar.
See also UKCEH staff page.