Cosmos - An Illustrated History of Astronomy and Cosmology

Offers a historical survey of the two sciences that help define our place in the universe: astronomy and cosmology. This book investigates scientific practices in the early civilizations of Egypt, Greece, China, and the Americas, whose inhabitants developed sophisticated methods to record the movements of the planets and stars.

About the author

John North is professor emeritus at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. He is the author of many books, including The Measure of the Universe: A History of Modern Cosmology, The Ambassadors' Secret: Holbein and the World of the Renaissance, and, most recently, God's Clockmaker: Richard Wallingford and the Invention of Time.

Product details

• Authors: John North, John David North
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2008
• EAN: 9780226594408
• ISBN: 978-0-226-59440-8
• No. of pages: 876
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 260 mm x 57 mm
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy