The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy
The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy combines new scholarship with hands-on science to bring readers into direct contact with the work of…
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The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy
The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy combines new scholarship with hands-on science to bring readers into direct contact with the work of ancient astronomers. The author approaches this history through the concrete details of ancient astronomical practice. While tracing ideas from ancient Babylon to sixteenth-century Europe, the book places its greatest emphasis on the Greek period, when astronomers developed the geometric and philosophical ideas that have determined the subsequent character of Western astronomy.
For example, readers will learn to predict the next retrograde motion of Jupiter using either the arithmetical methods of the Babylonians or the geometric methods of Ptolemy. Carefully organized and generously illustrated, the book can teach readers how to do real astronomy using the methods of ancient astronomers. They will learn how to use an astrolabe
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