Book ID: CBB000101765

Eclipse: The Celestial Phenomenon that Changed the Course of History (2001)

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Steel, Duncan (Author)


Joseph Henry Press


Publication Date: 2001
Physical Details: xv + 474 pp., illus., map, index
Language: English

Description Explores human fascination with eclipses, including solar, lunar, and those involving stars, planets, asteroids, comets, as well as distant galaxies and quasars. Also moves beyond the mysticism and magic to the astronomical terms.


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Authors & Contributors
Steele, John M.
Brack-Bernsen, Lis
Brunier, Serge
Eade, J. C.
Gislén, Lars
Goldstein, Bernard R.
Journals
Indian Journal of History of Science
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Aleph: Historical Studies in Science and Judaism
Archive for History of Exact Sciences
Galilæana: Journal of Galilean Studies
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Brepols Publishers
Brill
Pegasus Books
Pickering & Chatto
Princeton University Press
Concepts
Astronomy
Cosmology
Eclipses; transits; occultations; conjunctions
Science and society
Translations
Moon
People
al-Battānī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jābir
Aryabhata I
Barlaam Calabro
Gregoras, Nicephorus
Ptolemy
Lalande, Joseph Jérôme le Français de
Time Periods
Medieval
Ancient
16th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
Places
India
Great Britain
Mesopotamia
China
Europe
France
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