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Leçons d'astronomie : professées à l'observatoire
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Year: 1849 Publisher: Paris : Chamerot,

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A history of ancient mathematical astronomy.
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ISBN: 354006995X 038706995X 3642619126 364261910X 9780387069951 9783540069959 Year: 1975 Volume: 1 Publisher: Berlin Heidelberg New-York : Springer-Verlag,

History of astronomy : an encyclopedia
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ISBN: 081530322X Year: 1997 Volume: 1 771 Publisher: New York Garland Pub.

Astronomies and cultures in early medieval Europe
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ISBN: 0521583616 9780521583619 Year: 2000 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge university press,

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"Historians have long recognized that the rebirth of science in twelfth-century Europe flowed from a search for ancient scientific texts. But this search presupposes knowledge and interest; we seek only what we know to be valuable. The emergence of scholarly interest after centuries of apparent stagnation seems paradoxical." "This book resolves that seeming contradiction by describing four active traditions of early medieval astronomy: one divided the year by observing the Sun; another computed the date of Easter Full Moon; the third determined the time for monastic prayers by watching the course of the stars; and the fourth, the classical tradition of geometrical astronomy, provided a framework for the cosmos." "Most of these astronomies were practical; they sustained the communities in which they flourished and reflected and reinforced the values of those communities. These astronomical traditions motivated the search for ancient learning that led to the Scientific Renaissance of the twelfth century."--Jacket.

From Eudoxus to Einstein : a history of mathematical astronomy
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ISBN: 9780521045711 9780521827508 0521045711 0521827507 9780511211096 0511211090 0511207514 9780511207518 0511212860 9780511212864 0511214677 9780511214677 0511216467 9780511216466 1280540877 9781280540875 9786610540877 661054087X 0511211090 1316085988 0511327250 Year: 2004 Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press,

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Since Babylonian times, a great deal of effort has been put into trying to predict and explain the motions of the sun, moon, and planets. This book describes the theories of planetary motion that have been developed through the ages, emphasizing the interaction between progress in astronomy and mathematics.

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