From Cave Art to Hubble [E-Book] : A History of Astronomical Record Keeping / by Jonathan Powell.
Since ancient times, humans have engaged in a continual quest to make sense of the night sky. Cultures across the world recorded their earliest efforts in artwork made directly on the natural landscapes around them, and from there developed increasingly sophisticated techniques for observing and doc...
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| Personal Name(s): | Powell, Jonathan, author |
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1st edition 2019. |
| Imprint: |
Cham :
Springer,
2019
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| Physical Description: |
VII, 265 pages 16 illustrations, 15 illustrations in color (online resource) |
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englisch |
| ISBN: |
9783030316884 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-030-31688-4 |
| Series Title: |
Astronomers' Universe
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| Subject (LOC): |
- Chapter One - Introduction
- Chapter Two - Cave Paintings - Part I
- Chapter Three - Cave Paintings - Part II
- Chapter Four - The Astrolabe
- Chapter Five - Supernovae
- Chapter Six - Mercury Transitions
- Chapter Seven - Shi Shen to Charles Messier
- Chapter Eight - The 1639 Transit of Venus
- Chapter Nine - Comets
- Chapter Ten - Astronomical Observatories
- Chapter Eleven - Fossils, Tree Rings, and Ice
- Index.