From Cave Art to Hubble

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A History of Astronomical Record Keeping

Autor: Jonathan Powell

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Since ancient times, humans have been engaged in a continual quest to find meaning in and make sense...

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Autor

Jonathan Powell

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Miękka

Data wydania

2019

strony

265

EAN

9783030316877

Enbook ID

24520126

Wydawca

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Waga

486

Wymiary

157 x 234 x 11

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Since ancient times, humans have been engaged in a continual quest to find meaning in and make sense of sights and events in the night sky. Cultures spread around the world recorded their earliest efforts in artwork made directly on the natural landscapes around them, and from there they developed more and more sophisticated techniques for observing and documenting astronomy. This book brings readers on an astronomical journey through the ages, offering a history of how our species has recorded and interpreted the night sky over time. From cave art to parchment scribe to modern X-ray mapping of the sky, it chronicles the ever-quickening development of tools that informed and at times entirely toppled our understanding of the natural world. Our documentation and recording techniques formed the bedrock for increasingly complex forays into astronomy and celestial mechanics, which are addressed within these chapters. Additionally, the book explores how nature itself has recorded the skies in its own way, which can be unraveled through ongoing geological and archaeological studies. This tale of human discovery and ingenuity over the ages will appeal to anybody interested in the field of astronomy and its rich cultural history.

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