StarWords [E-Book] : The Celestial Roots of Modern Language / by Daniel Kunth, Elena Terlevich.
Unbeknownst to many, our modern language contains countless words that were inspired by human observations of the cosmos. We now use words like "zenith", "Monday", "disaster", "dog days", "starfish", "lunatic", flu, and so many others, with...
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| Personal Name(s): | Kunth, Daniel, author |
| Terlevich, Elena, author | |
| Edition: |
1st edition 2024. |
| Imprint: |
Cham :
Springer,
2024
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| Physical Description: |
XVII, 167 pages 33 illustrations, 26 illustrations in color (online resource) |
| Note: |
englisch |
| ISBN: |
9783031490248 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-031-49024-8 |
| Series Title: |
Popular Astronomy
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| Subject (LOC): |
- Chapter 1. Sky
- Chapter 2. LIGHT
- Chapter 3. STARS
- Chapter 4. COSMOS
- Chapter 5. SUN
- Chapter 6. MOON
- Chapter 7. ECLIPSES
- Chapter 8. COMETS
- Chapter 9. PLANETS
- Chapter 10. Calendar.