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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Evans, James, 1948- History and practice of ancient astronomy. New York : Oxford University Press, 1998 (DLC) 97016539 (OCoLC)36877378 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
James Evans |
ISBN: | 9780199874453 019987445X |
OCLC Number: | 729872798 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 480 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | Birth of astronomy -- Celestial sphere -- Some applications of spherics -- Calendars and time reckoning -- Solar theory -- Fixed stars -- Planetary theory -- Frequently used tables -- Appendix : patterns for models. |
Responsibility: | James Evans. |
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Abstract:
The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy combines new scholarship with hands-on science to bring readers into direct contact with the work of ancient astronomers. While tracing ideas from ancient Babylon to sixteenth-century Europe, the book places its greatest emphasis on the Greek period, when astronomers developed the geometric and philosophical ideas that have determined the subsequent character of Western astronomy. The author approaches this history through the concrete details of ancient astronomical practice. Carefully organized and generously illustrated, the book can teach reade.
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