| Edition |
1st American ed. |
| Description |
xxvii, 697 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Norton history of science
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Norton history of science.
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| Note |
Originally published in England under the title The Fontana history of astronomy and cosmology. |
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Statement of responsibility from jacket. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prehistory -- Ancient Egypt -- Mesopotamia -- The Greek and Roman world -- China and Japan -- Pre-Columbian America -- Indian and Persian astronomy -- Eastern Islam -- Western Islam and Christian Spain -- Medieval and Early Renaissance Europe -- Copernicus' planetary theory -- The new empiricism -- The rise of physical astronomy -- New astronomical problems -- The rise of astrophysics -- Cosmogony, evolution and the sun -- The renewal of cosmology -- Radio astronomy -- Observatories in space -- Macrocosm and microcosm. |
| Subject |
Astronomy -- History.
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Astronomy. |
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History. |
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Cosmology -- History.
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Cosmology. |
| Added Author |
Porter, Roy, 1946-2002.
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| Added Title |
Fontana history of astronomy and cosmology
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Astronomy and cosmology |
| ISBN |
0393311937 paperback |
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