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The history of astronomy : a very short introduction / Michael Hoskin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoskin, Michael A., author.
- Series:
- Very short introductions.
- Very short introductions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astronomy--History.
- Astronomy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (123 pages) : illustrations, facsimilie.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- This lively and comprehensive book charts the developments in the history of western astronomy from prehistoric times, when farmers used the stars to predict the start of the seasons through the merging of Babylonian and Greek astronomy, and on to the 18th and 19th century applications of Newton's law.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-76263-2
- 0-19-153926-0
- 9786610762637
- OCLC:
- 1027145221
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