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728 pages : 26 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 716-719) and index Invitation to the cosmic journey. Our definition of astronomy -- A survey of the universe -- A word about mathematics -- A note about names of people -- A hint on using this book -- Face to face with the universe -- pt. I. The early discoveries. Prehistoric astronomy : origins of science and superstition. The earliest astronomy : motives and artifacts (c. 30,000 BC) -- Calendar refinements (10,000 -- 3,000 BC) -- Other early discoveries -- Origin of the constellations -- The seasons : solstices, equinoxes, and their applications -- Astrology : ancient origins of a superstition -- Eclipses : occasions for awe ; Historic advances : worlds in the sky. Early cosmologies and the abstract thinking (2500 -- 100 BC) -- The system of angular measurement -- Early Greek astronomy (c. 600 BC to AD 150). Optional basic equation I : the small -- angle equation -- Ancient astronomy beyond the Mediterranean ; Discovering the layout of the solar system. Clues to the solar system's configuration -- Problems with the Ptolemaic model -- The Copernican Revolution -- Bode's rule -- The solar system as we know it today -- pt.

Author

Hartmann, William K, None, Impey, Chris

Publisher

Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth Pub.

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780534211929

Subjects

Science, Astronomy, Stem