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Astronomy and Culture

Astronomy and Culture

Hetherington, Edith
Hetherington, Norriss

Hardcover

Series: Greenwood Guides to the Universe

Mythology & FolkloreAstronomy & SpaceGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0313345368
ISBN13: 9780313345364
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: May 1 2009
Pages: 248
Weight: 1.50
Height: 0.80 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
While astronomy is a burgeoning science, with tremendous increases in knowledge every year, it also has a tremendous past, one that has altered humanity's understanding of our place in the universe. The impact of astronomy on culture - whether through myths and stories, or through challenges to the intellectual status quo - is incalculable. This volume in the Greenwood Guides to the Universe series examines how human cultures, in all regions and time periods, have tried to make sense of the wonders of the universe. Astronomy and Culture shows students how people throughout time have struggled with the complexities apparent in the night sky, complexities that modern science has only just begun to understand.

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