Astronomy across cultures : the history of non-Western astronomy
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| Format: | Ouvrage |
| Sprache: | Anglais |
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Dordrecht ; Boston :
Kluwer Academic Publishers,
2000.
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| Schriftenreihe: | Science across cultures : the history of non-western science ;
v. 1 |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Sky tales and why we tell them / E. C. Krupp
- Astronomy and prehistory / Lawrence H. Robbins
- Astronomy and the dreaming : the astronomy of the Aboriginal Australians / Roslynn D. Haynes
- Useful and conceptual astronomy in Ancient Hawaii / Michael E. Chauvin
- Ancient astronomical monuments in Polynesia / William Liller
- A Polynesian astronomical perspective : the Maori of New Zealand / Wayne Orchiston
- The Inca : rulers of the Andes, children of the sun / David S. P. Dearborn
- Mesoamerican astronomy and the ritual calendar / Johanna Broda
- Native American astronomy : traditions, symbols, ceremonies, calendars, and ruins / Von del Chamberlain
- Birth and development of Indian Astronomy / Subbash Kak
- Remarks on the origin of Indo-Tibetan astronomy / Yukio Ohashi
- Indo-Malay astronomy / Bambang Hidayat
- A cultural history of astronomy in Japan / Steven L. Renshaw and Saori Ihara
- History of astronomy in Korea / Park Seong-Rae
- Crossing the boundaries between heaven and man : astronomy in ancient China / Sun Xiaochun
- Astronomical practices in Africa South of the Sahara / Keith Snedegar
- Astronomy in Ancien Egypt / Gregg De Young
- Babylonian astrology : its origin and legacy in Europe / Nicholas Campion
- Hebrew astronomy : deep soundings from a rich tradition / Y. Tzvi Langermann
- Mathematical astronomy in Islamic civilization / David A. King
- Islamic folk astronomy / Daniel Martin Varisco