The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 72 hours | |Short Description for The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy A study of the Western astronomical tradition from ancient Babylonia to the European Renaissance, with emphasis on the Greek period. The book explores the evidence for the astronomy of the ancient past and how astronomy was practised. Emphasis is placed on the material culture of ancient astronomy.
Full description- Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
- Published: 26 November 1998
- Format: Hardback 494 pages
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- Categories: History Of Science | Astronomy, Space & Time | General & World History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE
- ISBN 13: 9780195095395 ISBN 10: 0195095391
- Sales rank: 517,172
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Full description for The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy
The subject of this book is the Western astronomical tradition from ancient Babylonia to the European Renaissance, with special emphasis on the Greek period. Throughout the book two questions constantly recur: what evidence permits us to reconstruct the astronomy of the ancient past? How was astronony actually practised? The book is meticulously documented and makes full use of primary sources as well as modern historical scholarship. It is richly illustrated and is unusual for its attention to the material culture of ancient astronomy. The most striking aspect of the book is its attention to astronomical practice.
