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Astronomy Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Astronomy

By Helaine Selin , E. C. Krupp (auth.) , Sun Xiaochun (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2000
ISBN
978-94-010-5820-9, 978-94-011-4179-6
DOI
10.1007/978-94-011-4179-6
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
31 MB (32397692 bytes)
Series
Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science 1
Edition
1
Pages
665\677
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
AstronomyObservations and Techniques; History; History of M

Description

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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