The history of astronomy : (Record no. 12034)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2003545120
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0192803069
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780192803061
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Authentication code lccopycat
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number QB15
Item number H79 2003
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 520.9
Edition number 21
084 ## - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 39.01
Source of number bcl
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Hoskin, Michael A.
Authority record control number (local)69127
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The history of astronomy :
Remainder of title a very short introduction /
Statement of responsibility, etc Michael Hoskin.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Oxford ;
-- New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Oxford University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2003.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 123 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 18 cm.
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement A very short introduction ;
Volume number/sequential designation 88
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-113) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note List of illustrations -- 1: Sky in prehistory -- 2: Astronomy in antiquity -- 3: Astronomy in the Middle Ages -- 4: Astronomy transformed -- 5: Astronomy in the age of Newton -- 6: Exploring the universe of stars -- Epilogue -- Further reading -- Glossary -- Index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc From the Publisher: This is a fascinating introduction to the history of Western astronomy, from prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid-nineteenth century. Historical records are first found in Babylon and Egypt, and after two millennia the arithmetical astronomy of the Babylonians merged with the Greek geometrical approach to culminate in the Almagest of Ptolemy. This legacy was transmitted to the Latin West via Islam, and led to Copernicus's claim that the Earth is in motion. In justifying this Kepler converted astronomy into a branch of dynamics, leading to Newton's universal law of gravity. The book concludes with eighteenth- and nineteenth-century applications of Newton's law, and the first explorations of the universe of stars.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Astronomy
General subdivision History.
Authority record control number (local)69128
650 17 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Sterrenkunde.
Source of heading or term gtt
Authority record control number (local)69129
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Astronomia (história)
Source of heading or term larpcal
Authority record control number (local)69130
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Very short introductions ;
Volume number/sequential designation 88.
Authority record control number (local)29719
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2014-05-122014-05-12 Lee Yan Fong Library YBP Library ServicesQB15 H79 2003  Lee Yan Fong LibraryLibrary Collection2014-04-28Book00016944

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