Episodes From the Early History of Astronomy /
Before streets were brightly illuminated at night, astronomy was accessible to everyone and was a matter of great importance: for divination; for setting appropriate dates for planting, harvest, and festivals; for regulating lives. Phenomena in the heavens are still of great importance to many, and...
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New York, NY :
Springer New York,
2001.
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Table of Contents:
- What Every Young Person Ought To Know About Naked-Eye
- Astronomy
- Babylonian Arithmetical Astronomy
- Greek Geometrical Planetary Models
- Ptolymy's Cosmology
- Kepler Motion Viewed From Either Focus
- Selected Bibliography.