The History Of Astronomy: A Very Short Introduction

An introduction to the history of Western astronomy from prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid nineteenth century. Emphasis is given to such topics as the merging of Babylonian and Greek astronomy in later Antiquity, Kepler's conversion of astronomy into a branch of dynamics, and the first explorations of the universe of stars.

• | By (Author): Michael (Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge) Hoskin
• | Series: Very Short Introductions
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: May 08, 2003
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 136 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0192803069
• | ISBN-13: 9780192803061