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UNDERSTANDING THE HEAVENS
THIRTY CENTURIES OF ASTRONOMICAL IDEAS FROM ANCIENT THINKING TO MODERN COSMOLOGY |
| By: |
Jean Claude Pecker, S. Kaufman |
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Hardback |
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£49.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
3540631984 |
| ISBN 13: |
9783540631989 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN AND HEIDELBERG GMBH & CO. KG |
| Pub. date: |
24 April, 2001 |
| Edition: |
2001 ed. |
| Pages: |
597 |
| Translated from: |
French |
| Description: |
This study describes the evolution of ideas relating to astronomy, touching only lightly on most of the instrumental developments. It begins with the ideas of the Egyptian and Mesopotamian philosophers and concludes with modern theories of cosmology. |
| Synopsis: |
The author, a well-known astronomer himself, describes the evolution of astronomical ideas, touching only lightly on most of the instrumental developments. Richly illustrated, the book starts with the astronomical ideas of the Egyptian and Mesopotamian philosophers, moves on to the Greek period and then on to the golden age of astronomy, that of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler and Newton. Finally, Pecker concludes with modern theories of cosmology. Written with astronomy undergraduates in mind, this is a fascinating survey of astronomical thinking. |
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XIII, 597 p. |
| Publication: |
Germany |
| Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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