An edition of Astronomy Across Cultures (2000)

Astronomy Across Cultures

The History of Non-Western Astronomy

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An edition of Astronomy Across Cultures (2000)

Astronomy Across Cultures

The History of Non-Western Astronomy

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Astronomy Across Cultures: A History of Non-Western Astronomy consists of essays dealing with the astronomical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Polynesian, Egyptian and Tibetan astronomy, among others, the book includes essays on Sky Tales and Why We Tell Them and Astronomy and Prehistory, and Astronomy and Astrology. The essays address the connections between science and culture and relate astronomical practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay is well illustrated and contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills a gap in both the history of science and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups.

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665

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Astronomy Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Astronomy
2000, Springer Netherlands
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Series
Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science -- 1, Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science -- 1

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520
Library of Congress
QB4, QB4D1-DX301QA21-27HM, QB4-4.9

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1 online resource (xxiii, 665 p.)
Number of pages
665

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OL27018635M
Internet Archive
astronomyacrossc00krup
ISBN 10
9401058202, 9401141797
ISBN 13
9789401058209, 9789401141796
OCLC/WorldCat
851382106

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