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From Cave Art to Hubble: A History of Astronomical Record Keeping

From Cave Art to Hubble: A History of Astronomical Record Keeping

Powell, Jonathan

Paperback

Series: Astronomers' Universe

Technology & EngineeringSports GeneralAstronomy & Space

Publisher Price: $32.99

ISBN10: 3030316874
ISBN13: 9783030316877
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Dec 3 2019
Pages: 265
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Since ancient times, humans have been engaged in a continual quest to find meaning in and make sense of sights and events in the night sky. Cultures spread around the world recorded their earliest efforts in artwork made directly on the natural landscapes around them, and from there they developed more and more sophisticated techniques for observing and documenting astronomy.

This book brings readers on an astronomical journey through the ages, offering a history of how our species has recorded and interpreted the night sky over time. From cave art to parchment scribe to modern X-ray mapping of the sky, it chronicles the ever-quickening development of tools that informed and at times entirely toppled our understanding of the natural world.

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