Publication

2000 - University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

81,250 words, Guess

Page Count

325 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • LCCQ124 .M66 2000

First Sentence

Astronomy, it is often said, comprises the oldest of the exact sciences, reaching back more than five millennia in the search for precise patterns in the skies and the power to predict them mathematically.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Science in translation: movements of knowledge through cultures and timeUniversity of Chicago Press2000-01-01

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