| Physical description |
xxv, 876 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [785]-814) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Prehistoric astronomy -- 2. Ancient Egypt -- 3. Mesopotamia -- 4. The Greek and Roman worlds -- 5. China and Japan -- 6. Pre-Columbian America -- 7. Indian and Persian astronomy -- 8. Eastern Islam -- 9. Western Islam and Christian Spain -- 10. Medieval and early Renaissance Europe -- 11. Copernicus' planetary theory -- 12. The new empiricism -- 13. The rise of physical astronomy -- 14. New astronomical problems -- 15. Precision and the new astrophysics -- 16. Galaxies, stars, and atoms -- 17. The renewal of cosmology -- 18. Radio astronomy -- 19. Observatories in space -- 20. Macrocosm and microcosm. |
| Subject |
Astronomy -- History.
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Cosmology -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780226594408 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780226594415 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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0226594408 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0226594416 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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