The subject of this book is the Western astronomical tradition from ancient Babylonia to the European Renaissance, with special emphasis on the Greek period. Throughout the book two questions constantly recur: what evidence permits us to reconstruct the astronomy of the ancient past? How was astronony actually practised? The book is meticulously documented and makes full use of primary sources as well as modern historical scholarship. It is richly illustrated and is
unusual for its attention to the material culture of ancient astronomy. The most striking aspect of the book is its attention to astronomical practice.
- ISBN10 6613121444
- ISBN13 9786613121448
- Publish Date 25 August 1998 (first published 1 January 1998)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 29 February 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oxford University Press, USA
- Format eBook
- Pages 496
- Language English