UID:
edocfu_9959236504102883
Format:
1 online resource (495 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-19-773230-5
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0-19-987999-0
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1-283-12144-1
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9786613121448
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0-19-987445-X
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
James Evans explores the evidence for the astronomy of the ancient past and how astronomy was practised. Emphasis is placed on the material culture of ancient astronomy from ancient Babylon to the European Renaissance era.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 1998.
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Cover; Contents; ONE: The Birth of Astronomy; TWO: The Celestial Sphere; Frequently: Used Tables; THREE: Some Applications of Spherics; FOUR: Calendars and Time Reckoning; FIVE: Solar Theory; SIX: The Fixed Stars; SEVEN: Planetary Theory; Appendix: Patterns for Models; Notes; Bibliography; Index
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-509539-1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780195095395.001.0001
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