A History of Physical Theories of Comets, From Aristotle to Whipple
The book describes the major physical theories of comets in the past two millennia. It demonstrates the evolution of ideas ...
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Il cielo sopra Roma : I luoghi dell’astronomia = The sky above Rome: The places of astronomy
Astronomy in Rome has always been there, but a little hidden: it was in the palaces, in the churches or, better, above the ...
Continue readingPublishing Sacrobosco’s De sphaera in Early Modern Europe : Modes of Material and Scientific Exchange
This volume focuses on the cultural background of the pivotal transformations of scientific knowledge in the early modern ...
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The Moon that Wasn’t : The Saga of Venus’ Spurious Satellite
This book details the history of one of astronomy’s many spurious objects, the satellite of Venus. First spotted in 1645, ...
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The Multinational History of Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory
Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory is quite an interesting place for historians: several changes of nationality between ...
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The New Astronomy: Opening the Electromagnetic Window and Expanding our View of Planet Earth
This unique work celebrates the 60th birthday of Professor Woodruff Sullivan III (University of Washington, Seattle). The ...
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