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Astronomy Across Cultures

The History of Non-Western Astronomy

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  • © 2000

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Editors:
  1. Helaine Selin

    1. Hampshire College, Amherst, USA

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  2. Sun Xiaochun

    1. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

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Part of the book series: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science (SACH, volume 1)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Sky Tales and Why We Tell Them

    • E. C. Krupp
    Pages 1-30

  3. Astronomy and Prehistory

    • Lawrence H. Robbins
    Pages 31-52

  4. Astronomy and the Dreaming: The Astronomy of the Aboriginal Australians

    • Roslynn D. Haynes
    Pages 53-90

  5. Useful and Conceptual Astronomy in Ancient Hawaii

    • Michael E. Chauvin
    Pages 91-125

  6. Ancient Astronomical Monuments in Polynesia

    • William Liller
    Pages 127-160

  7. A Polynesian Astronomical Perspective: The Maori of New Zealand

    • Wayne Orchiston
    Pages 161-196

  8. The INCA: Rulers of the Andes, Children of the Sun

    • David S. P. Dearborn
    Pages 197-224

  9. Mesoamerican Astronomy and the Ritual Calendar

    • Johanna Broda
    Pages 225-267

  10. Native American Astronomy: Traditions, Symbols, Ceremonies, Calendars, And Ruins

    • Von Del Chamberlain
    Pages 269-301

  11. Birth and Early Development of Indian Astronomy

    • Subhash Kak
    Pages 303-340

  12. Remarks on the Origin of Indo-Tibetan Astronomy

    • Yukio Ōhashi
    Pages 341-369

  13. Indo-Malay Astronomy

    • Bambang Hidayat
    Pages 371-384

  14. A Cultural History of Astronomy in Japan

    • Steven L. Renshaw, Saori Ihara
    Pages 385-407

  15. History of Astronomy in Korea

    • Park Seong-Rae
    Pages 409-421

  16. Crossing the Boundaries Between Heaven and Man: Astronomy in Ancient China

    • Sun Xiaochun
    Pages 423-454

  17. Astronomical Practices in Africa South of the Sahara

    • Keith Snedegar
    Pages 455-473

  18. Astronomy in Ancient Egypt

    • Gregg DeYoung
    Pages 475-508

  19. Babylonian Astrology: Its Origin and Legacy in Europe

    • Nicholas Campion
    Pages 509-553

  20. Hebrew Astronomy: Deep Soundings from a Rich Tradition

    • Y. Tzvi Langermann
    Pages 555-584
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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.

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`This book has wide-ranging essays on the astronomies of the ancient world (other than Greek and Mesopotamian which are traditionally taken to be the forerunners of Western astronomy). The book is steeply priced, but it is worth it.'
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`Recommended.'
Choice, 38:10 (2001)
`...it is a distinct pleasure to read the book from beginning to end.'
Mathematical Reviews, 2002c
`Astronomy across Cultures is a good resource for advanced students or faculty members who wish to learn of non-Western astronomical thought. The editor has assembled a coherent collection of chapters covering a wide variety of cultures and time periods. This work greatly expands the scope and coverage of the Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, ed. by Helaine Selin, from the same publisher (CH, Jan'98). Substantial chapter bibliographies; very good index.'
Choice, June 2001

Editors and Affiliations

  • Hampshire College, Amherst, USA

    Helaine Selin

  • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

    Sun Xiaochun

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