The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy
Book Details
| ISBN-13 | 9780195095395 |
| ISBN-10 | 9780195095395 |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
| Published | 1998 |
Description
The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy combines new scholarship with hands-on science to bring readers into direct contact with the work of ancient astronomers. While tracing ideas from ancient Babylon to sixteenth-century Europe, the book places its greatest emphasis on the Greek period, when astronomers developed the geometric and philosophical ideas that have determined the subsequent character of Western …