| Description |
165 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Part I : Representing the heavens -- Astrology ; Ptolemaic universe ; After Ptolemy : changing conceptions of the universe ; Cosmology and the infinite universe ; Life on other worlds ; Tables and celestial mechanics ; Petrus Apianus and the Astronomicum Caesareum -- Part II : Technologies of observing -- Miniature spinning worlds : celestial globes and armillaries ; Designing the heavens : constellations and star charts ; Light and spectra ; Early telescope ; Modern monsters : big telescopes -- Part III : Encountering the universe -- Sun ; Moon ; Other planets ; Blazing swords : comets in history ; Milky Way and other galaxies. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Subject |
Astronomy -- History.
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| Added Author |
Lewis, Daniel, 1959-
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Gingerich, Owen.
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| ISBN |
0295980974 ppb University of Washington |
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0295980966 cloth University of Washington |
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0873281861 cloth alkaline paper Huntington |
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0873281918 paper alkaline paper Huntington |
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