Book ID: CBB000066589

The Fontana history of astronomy and cosmology (1994)

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North, John David (Author)


Fontana Press


Publication Date: 1994
Physical Details: xxvii + 697 pp.; illus.; notes; index

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Review DeVorkin, D.H. (1996) Review of "The Fontana history of astronomy and cosmology". American Scientist (pp. 307-8). unapi

Review Swerdlow, N.M. (1997) Review of "The Fontana history of astronomy and cosmology". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 316-17). unapi

Review Hoskin, M. (1995) Review of "The Fontana history of astronomy and cosmology". Journal for the History of Astronomy (pp. 83-84). unapi

Review King-Hele, D. (1994) Review of "The Fontana history of astronomy and cosmology". Nature (pp. 339-40). unapi

Review Dick, S.J. (1995) Review of "The Fontana history of astronomy and cosmology". Science (pp. 1214-15). unapi

Review Smith, R.W. (1995) Review of "The Fontana history of astronomy and cosmology". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (pp. 624-25). unapi

Review Kragh, H. (1996) Review of "The Fontana history of astronomy and cosmology". Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences (pp. 162-64). unapi

Review Williams, M.E.W. (1995) Review of "The Fontana history of astronomy and cosmology". British Journal for the History of Science (pp. 233-34). unapi

Review Lovell, B. (1994 (Aug. 26)) Review of "The Fontana history of astronomy and cosmology". TLS: Times Literary Supplement (p. 32). unapi

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Orchiston, Wayne
Bliss, Carey S.
Brush, Stephen G.
Burnett, Charles
Carman, Christián Carlos
Cenadelli, Davide
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Aleph: Historical Studies in Science and Judaism
Almagest
American Studies
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Astronomy
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Scientific expeditions
Mathematics
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People
Copernicus, Nicolaus
Delisle, Joseph-Nicholas
Euler, Leonhard
Fang, Yizhi
Fauth, Philipp
Finke, Wilhelm
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St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences
East India Company (English)
Olbers-Gesellschaft, Bremen
National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT)
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