Astronomy Across Cultures
The History of Non-Western Astronomy
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Author
Contributions
- Xiaochun, Sun - Contributor
Publication
2000 - Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Language
English
Word Count
166,250 words, Guess
Page Count
665 pages
Physical Format
Electronic resource
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveastronomyacrossc00krup
- ISBN-109401058202
- ISBN-109401141797
- ISBN-139789401058209
- ISBN-139789401141796
and 4 more
- OCLC Control Number851382106
- Better World Books9789401058209
- Better World Books9789401141796
- Open LibraryOL27018635M
Classifications
- DDC520
- LCCQB4
- LCCQB4D1-DX301QA21-27HM
and 1 more
- LCCQB4-4.9
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.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science -- 1
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