The General History of Astronomy: Planetary Astronomy from the Renaissance to the Rise of Astrophysics (complete in 2 volumes) Part 2A Tycho Brahe to Newton and Part 2B The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (1st edition hardbacks in very good dust jackets) edited by Rene Taton and Curtis Wilson
Language: English
Published by Cambridge University Press, 1995
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- Hardcover
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Published by Cambridge University Press in 1989 and 1995 respectively, here are the first hardback printings of Planetary Astronomy from the Renaissance to the Rise of Astrophysics (The General History of Astronomy Series)complete in 2 volumes edited by Rene Taton and Curtis Wilson. Volume 1 Part 2A Tycho Brahe to Newton Published 1989. Black cloth binding, gilt spine lettering, 274 superbly illustrated pages plus a glossary of technical terms and an index the book is in very good plus condition with the merest hint of a spine slant. The dust jacket is in near fine condition. Volume 2: Part 2B The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Published 195. Black cloth binding, gilt spine lettering, 269 superbly illustrated pages, sources plus an additional combined index for both volumes, the book is in very good condition with a spine slant to the top of the spine. The dust jacket is near fine. Both volumes together weigh in excess of 2 kgs when properly wrapped and therefore additional postage MUST be applied to areas OUTSIDE the UK as follows: Europe £5, Rest of the World £8. UK postage is as quoted.…
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- The General History of Astronomy: Planetary Astronomy from the Renaissance to the Rise of Astrophysics (complete in 2 volumes) Part 2A Tycho Brahe to Newton and Part 2B The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (1st edition hardbacks in very good dust jackets) edited by Rene Taton and Curtis Wilson
- Author
- Rene Taton and Curtis Wilson editors
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication year
- 1995
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0521351685
- ISBN 13
- 9780521351683
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 2 kilograms
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Review of the hardback: 'This book illustrates perfectly the skill of the modern astronomical historian. The list of editors and authors reads like a who's who in the subject and the 17 essays provide an excellent secondary source.' Carole Stott, New Scientist
Review of the hardback: '... when read as an historical introduction to the study of the subject this book could provide the background necessary to fully understand advanced and modern celestial mechanics.' Irish Astronomical Journal
Review of the hardback: '... all of the chapters are of a high scholarly standard and one feels that the authors have done their best to make their material accessible without too much recourse to mathematics, which is no mean achievement when writing a history of celestial mechanics.' Allan Chapman, Endeavour
Review of the hardback: 'This is a scholarly and well-produced book.' Alan Chapman, Webb Society Reviews
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