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The history and practice of ancient astronomy /
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, whe...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1998.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Birth of astronomy
- Celestial sphere
- Some applications of spherics
- Calendars and time reckoning
- Solar theory
- Fixed stars
- Planetary theory
- Frequently used tables
- Appendix : patterns for models.