Astronomy and Ancient Calendars
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Astronomy Through the Ages [Hardback]
Robert A. Wilson (Author)
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ISBN: 9780691058368
Published by : Princeton University Press
When astronomers today look up at the night sky they picture a spectacular and infinite universe--full of pulsars, quasars, and black holes and ruled by arcane laws of space and time. Once, ancient astronomers looked up and saw only points of l... .... Learn More -
Astronomical Traditions in Past Cultures [Paperback]
Vesselina Koleva (Author); Dimiter Kolev (Author)
$10.00ISBN: 9789549013313
Published by : Ocarina Books
This volume is the proceedings of a conference held in Smolyan, Bulgaria in August-September 1993, which brought together European archaeoastronomers for the first time under the auspices of the European Society of Astronomy in Culture (SEAC). The... .... Learn More -
History, Prophecy, and the Stars [Hardback]
Laura Ackerman Smoller (Author)
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ISBN: 9780691087887
Published by : Princeton University Press
The astrological and apocalyptic writings of the renowned cardinal and scholar Pierre d'Ailly (1350-1420) had an important influence on the voyages of Christopher Columbus, and illustrate the complex relationship between astrology, science and t... .... Learn More -
Astronomies and Cultures [Hardback]
C. L. N. Ruggles (Author); Nicholas J. Saunders (Author)
$25.00ISBN: 9780870813191
Published by : Ocarina Books
Ten thematic articles illustrating the broad scope, diversity and cultural significance of contemporary studies in archaeoastronomy. Contents: The Study of Cultural Astronomy ( Clive Ruggles and Nicholas Saunders ); The Yao Dian and the Origins of... .... Learn More -
The Arkana Dictionary of Astrology [Paperback]
Fred Gettings (Author)
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ISBN: 9780140192872
Published by : Penguin Group USA Inc.
A reference book on astrological terms and facts. .... Learn More -
The Imagination of Matter [Paperback]
David Carrasco (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780860546566
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Eleven papers on the formation and character of the Mesoamerican cosmovision exploring the interaction between religious imagination, the movements of stars, the contours of mountains, hunting, stones, sun, moon, Venus and parts of the human b... .... Learn More -
Calendar Of The Patent Rolls: Elizabeth I Vol 8 [Hardback]
Margaret Post (Author)
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ISBN: 9780114401955
Published by : The Stationery Office Ltd
Preserved in the Public Record Office.1578-1580The series of Patent Rolls of the Chancery England extends from the third year of the reign of King John and, as a register of instruments issued under sovereign's Great Seal, has been maintained d... .... Learn More -
Mathematical Astronomy in Medieval Yemen: A Biobibliographical Survey [Paperback]
David King (Author)
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ISBN: 9780890030981
Published by : American Research Centre in Egypt
This work surveys over 100 Yemeni astronomical manuscripts preserved in the libraries of Europe and the Near East. These sources attest to an active interest in mathematical astronomy in the Yemen from the 10th century to the early 20th century... .... Learn More -
Archaeoastronomy in Archaeology and Ethnography [Paperback]
Emilia Pasztor (Author)
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ISBN: 9781407300818
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Papers from the annual meeting of SEAC (European Society for Astronomy in Culture) held in Kecskemét in Hungary in 2004. Contents: 1) The Firestar in China - A European approach (Katalin Barlai, B. Lukács); 2) The Function of the Minoan oval ho... .... Learn More -
The Calendar History, Lore, and Legend [Paperback]
Jacqueline De Bourgoing (Author)
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