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Bobrovnikoff, Nicholas T

 
9798318855184: Astronomy Before the Telescope: Volume I - The Earth-Moon System
Couverture souple
ISBN 13 : 9798318855184
Editeur : Nextone Inc, 2026

Synopsis

Before the telescope, humanity still reached for the stars. You know the broad strokes of astronomical history, but how much has been lost in translation, filtered through secondhand summaries and Western-centric narratives? The original sources, written in Greek, Latin, Hebrew, and other ancient languages, hold a richer and more surprising story than most modern histories dare to tell. If you have ever wondered what ancient and medieval observers actually knew about the Earth, the Moon, tides, eclipses, and timekeeping, the answers may astonish you. Astronomy before the Telescope: Volume I The Earth-Moon System is the restored and updated first volume of a landmark work by Professor Nicholas T. Bobrovnikoff, a research astronomer fluent in ten languages who drew his material directly from original sources spanning millennia. Meticulously edited by Roger B. Culver and David D. Meisel, this volume guides you through early timekeeping techniques, naked-eye measurements of the Earth and Moon, lunar phases and topography, the imagined figures in the face of the Moon, theories of tidal motion, and the centuries-long quest to predict solar and lunar eclipses.

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À propos de l'auteur

Nicholas T. Bobrovnikoff (1896-1988) was a distinguished astronomer and one of the world's leading experts on comets, with a four-decade career at the Lick Observatory, and the Perkins Observatory of the Ohio State University and the Ohio Wesleyan University. Fluent in ten languages, including Greek, Latin, and Hebrew, he drew directly from original sources to produce Astronomy before the Telescope: Volume I The Earth-Moon System, a uniquely authoritative history of pre-telescopic astronomy. Follow Nicholas T. Bobrovnikoff for updates on new releases.

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Éditeur
Nextone Inc
Date d'édition
2026
Langue
anglais
ISBN 13 
9798318855184
Reliure
Paperback
Nombre de pages
232
Éditeur
Culver Roger B, David D Meisel David D Meisel D
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