The Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy

Hoskin, Michael

ISBN 10: 0521572916 / ISBN 13: 9780521572910

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999

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Large 8vo viv - 361 pp illustrated in b/w from photographs drawings diagrams etc. The contents clean and tight with no inscriptions or marks. The publishers binding clean and tight with no splits. DJ fine with no splits or loss. Seller Inventory # 03875

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Title: The Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

Publication Date: 1999

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences, and one which has repeatedly led to fundamental changes in our view of the world. This book covers the history of our study of the cosmos from prehistory through to a survey of modern astronomy and astrophysics (sure to be of interest to future historians of twentieth-century astronomy). It does not attempt to cover everything, but deliberately concentrates on the important themes and topics. These include stellar astronomy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, at the time subordinate to the study of the solar system, but the source of many important concepts in modern astronomy, and the Copernican revolution, which led to the challenge of ancient authorities in many areas, not just astronomy. This is an essential text for students of the history of science and for students of astronomy who require a historical background to their studies.

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The Cambridge Concise History of AstronomyEditor: Hoskin, Michael?Churchill College, CambridgeDescription: Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences, and one which has repeatedly led to fundamental changes in our view of the w...