The Norton history of astronomy and cosmology

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	North, John David
Other Authors:	Porter, Roy, 1946-2002
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Norton, 1994, c1995.
Edition:	1st American ed.
Series:	Norton history of science.
Subjects:	Astronomy > History. Cosmology > History.

Table of Contents:

Prehistory
Ancient Egypt
Mesopotamia
The Greek and Roman world
China and Japan
Pre-Columbian America
Indian and Persian astronomy
Eastern Islam
Western Islam and Christian Spain
Medieval and Early Renaissance Europe
Copernicus' planetary theory
The new empiricism
The rise of physical astronomy
New astronomical problems
The rise of astrophysics
Cosmogony, evolution and the sun
The renewal of cosmology
Radio astronomy
Observatories in space
Macrocosm and microcosm.