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Considers the present-day context – how does astrology and the modern Big Bang cosmology get incorporated into our modern understanding of the skies?
First hand accounts of celestial events, and interviews with several practitioners of cosmology archaeoastronomy
Includes an interactive planispheres of ancient cultures
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Dept. Physics & Astronomy, Pomona College, Claremont, USA
Bryan E. Penprase
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Power of Stars
Book Subtitle: How Celestial Observations Have Shaped Civilization
Authors: Bryan E. Penprase
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6803-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-6803-6Published: 17 October 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 347
Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Popular Science in Astronomy, History of Science, Anthropology, Archaeology