Understanding the Heavens: Thirty Centuries of Astronomical Ideas from Ancient Thinking to Modern Cosmology - Jean Claude Pecker - Books - Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gm - 9783540631989 - April 24, 2001
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Understanding the Heavens: Thirty Centuries of Astronomical Ideas from Ancient Thinking to Modern Cosmology 2001 edition

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This study describes the evolution of ideas relating to astronomy, touching only lightly on most of the instrumental developments. It begins with the ideas of the Egyptian and Mesopotamian philosophers and concludes with modern theories of cosmology.


612 pages, biography

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released April 24, 2001
ISBN13 9783540631989
Publishers Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gm
Pages 612
Dimensions 156 × 234 × 33 mm   ·   1.14 kg
Language English   French  
Contributor S. Kaufman