Format:
XXVII, 697 S
,
Ill., graph. Darst
,
21 cm
Edition:
1. American ed.
ISBN:
0393036561
,
0393311937
Series Statement:
Norton history of science
Uniform Title:
Fontana history of astronomy and cosmology
Note:
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.
Additional Edition:
Engl. Ausg. u.d.T. North, John D., 1934 - 2008 The Fontana history of astronomy and cosmology London : Fontana Press, 1994 0006861776
Language:
English
Subjects:
Physics
Keywords:
Astronomie
;
Geschichte
;
Kosmologie
;
Geschichte
;
Astronomie
;
Kosmologie
;
Geschichte
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