History of Astronomy - An Encyclopedia

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

A sampling of the coverage: Alfonsine Tables * Astrometry * Babylonian Astronomy * Canals of Mars * Annie Jump Cannon * Caracol at Chichen Itza * Cometary Astronom y * Crimean Astrophysical Observatory * Cross-Staff * Eratosthenes * Camille Flammarion * Edmund Halley * Harvard College Observatory * Interferometer * Jupiter * Magellanic Clouds * Meridian Instruments * Nautical Almanac Offices * Photoheliograph * Reward System in Modern Astronomy * SETI Project * Solar Constant * Stonehenge * Variation of Latitude * X- Ray Astronomy * and more

About the author

John Lankford is Special Assistant to the Provost and Adjunct Professor of History at Kansas State University.

Product details

• Assisted by: John Lankford (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.1996
• EAN: 9780815303220
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-0322-0
• No. of pages: 614
• Weight: 1300 g
• Series: Garland Encyclopedias in the History of Science
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works; SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Reference, History of Science, Reference works, Astronomy, space & time, Astronomy, space and time, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy