Author: Kenneth Brecher
Publisher: Mit Press
ISBN: 9780262520706
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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Explores the methods, instruments, and observations of the ancient astronomers, noting their significance to modern science and the importance of such findings as Stonehenge and American Indian petroglyphs
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Pages : 206
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Author: Kenneth Brecher
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
ISBN: 9780262021371
Category : Astronomy, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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The eight articles and dozens of photographs and drawings in this book introduce the reader to the ancient astronomers -- their observatories, their instruments, and their explorations of the awesome regularities (and shocking irregularities) that appear in the sky. The authors draw upon a wide range of disciplines -- history, archaeology, technology, even mythology in discussing their subjects. This book is one endeavor toward a reconstruction of the past of the human mind, using all available evidence: text, myth, spade; yet, there is a difference. That difference is that in the world of the heavens there are real phenomena, striking or subtle, enduring or transient, which can be invoked today to challenge or to support the inferences of the archeologist, epigrapher, historian, or mythologist. The authors go back to one sole source: real human beings watching the real sky; if we do so reflectively, we can share at every glance the roots of the power of human thought, the thought which once married science and literature, art and number, wonder and insight, when thoughtful people were still rather few under this ceaseless sky.
Author: Sir George Cornewall Lewis
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Author: Sampson Arnold Mackey
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Author: James Evans
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195095395
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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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.
Author: George Cornewall Lewis (Rt. Hon. Sir.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Author: George Cornewall Lewis
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780428501051
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Excerpt from An Historical Survey of the Astronomy of the Ancients I) A Just character of Delambre's History of Ancient Astronomy is given by Martin, Etudes sur le Timee de Platon, tom. Ii. P. 424. M. Martin remarks that the work of Delambre must be considered rather as materials for the history of ancient astronomy, than as a history itself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: George Lewis Cornewall
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ISBN: 9783337677039
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Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Author: Sir George Cornewall Lewis
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781497883895
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Languages : en
Pages : 540
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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1862 Edition.
