Astronomy Across Cultures by Selin, Helaine ISBN 0792363639

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[edit] Astronomy Across Cultures

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.

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 Astronomy and Religion, Astronomy and Myth, and Astronomy and Astrology. The essays address the connections between science and culture and relate the 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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[edit] Title

Astronomy Across Cultures

[edit] Author

Selin, Helaine

[edit] ISBN

0792363639

[edit] Published

07/08/2000

[edit] Publisher

Kluwer Academic Publishers

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[edit] Retail Price

215 (GBP)

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215 (GBP)

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