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Availability:In StockContributor:Michael HoskinSeries:Very Short IntroductionsPublish date:2003-07-31Pages:144
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780192803061ISBN-10:192803069UPC:9780192803061Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:History, Space ScienceBook Topic:AstronomySize:7.14 x 4.40 x 0.36 inchesWeight:0.291Product ID:SCQ393EYVN
The History of Astronomy
This is a fascinating introduction to the history of Western astronomy, from prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid-nineteenth century. Historical records are first found in Babylon and Egypt, and after two millennia the arithmetical astronomy of the Babylonians merged with the Greek geometrical approach to culminate in the Almagest of Ptolemy. This legacy was transmitted to...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780192803061ISBN-10:192803069UPC:9780192803061Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:History, Space ScienceBook Topic:AstronomySize:7.14 x 4.40 x 0.36 inchesWeight:0.291Product ID:SCQ393EYVN
Michael Hoskin taught History of Astronomy at Cambridge University for thirty years and was head of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. He is a Fellow of Churchill College and Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge. In 1970 he founded the Journal for the History of Astronomy, which he has edited ever since. He is a former President of the History of Astronomy...
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