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The narrative links major astronomical advances to their social and cultural conditions, explaining how political change, geography, industrial growth, and communication methods shaped discoveries. It surveys ancient astronomy from Babylonian sky-lore through Ptolemaic, Hellenistic, epicycle, and Arabian traditions, then follows Copernicus onward via Kepler, Newton, celestial mechanics, Herschel’s observing breakthroughs, and Eddington’s studies of stellar interiors.","AHISTORYOFASTRONOMY  \nA.PANNEKOEK  \n“...a carefully reasoned history of astronomy...clearly the work of a man wholoved his subject.\"—The Times(London)Literary Supplement  \nFew histories of astronomy offer the specialhuman dimension ofthisbook.For thelate Professor Pannekoek(University of Amsterdam),the history of astronomyconsisted in the growth of man's concept of his world.The study of the cosmosbecame an essential part of the history of human culture,an adventure of the mind.  \nIn this well-balanced account of that adventure,the author is at pains torelate thedevelopment of astronomy to the social and cultural background in which it isnurtured.Thus,the effect of changes in political conditions,the influence ofgeography,the growth ofindustry and of communications methods are clearly andincisively described.  \nDr.Pannekoek begins with an unusually detailed account of astronomy in ancienttimes,including Babylonian sky-lore,Assyrian astrology,the Ptolemaic world-view,Hellenistic astronomy,the epicycle theory,and Arabian astronomy.Thegrowth of astronomy after Copernicus comprises the second part of the book,acquainting the reader with theepoch-makingwork of Kepler and Newton and theastonishing developments of celestial mechanics during the eighteenth century.Part III begins with Herschel,the gited amateur whose observations opened upnew horizons,and ends with Eddington's pioneering studies of the internalconstitution of stars.  \nComprehensive,well-written and full of small,revealing details that attest to thescope and depth of the author's learning,this splendid survey belongs in the libraryof every astronomer—or anyone interested in the grand mystery of the cosmos andman's attempts to penetrate it.  \nUnabridged,unaltered Dover(1989)republication of the edition published byAllen &Unwin,1961.(Originally published in Dutch by Wereld-Bibliotheek,Amsterdam,1951.)Introduction.References.Appendices.42 figures.24 black-and-white photographs.521pp.5%×8%.Paperbound.  \nALSO AVAILABLE  \nA HIsTORY OF ASTRONOMY FROM THALES TO KEPLER,J.L.E.Dreyer.438pp.5%×84.60079-3 Pa.$9.95  \nTHE HISTOBX OF THE TELESCOPE,Henry C.King.480pp.6%×9%.23893-8 Pa.$12.95A SHORT HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY,Arthur Berry.440pp.5%×84.20210-0 Pa.$10.95  \nISBN □-486-65994-1  \nCover Design by Edmnup v.Gillon,Jr.  \nPANNEKOEK  \nAHISTORYOF  \nASTRONOM  \nDOVER 0-486-65994-1①  \nA.PANNEKOEK  \nAHISTORYOFASTRONOMY  \nDOVER BOOKS ON ASTRONOMY  \nTHE ASTRONOMICALREVOLUTION,Alexandre Koyre.(Available in UnitedStates only).(27095-5)$11.95  \nKEPLER,Max Caspar.(67605-6)$10.95  \nA HiSTORY OF ASTRONOMY,A.Pannekoek.(65994-1)$12.95ELLIPSOIDALFIGURES OF EUILIBRIUM,S.Chandrasekhar.(65258-0)$8.95ExPLORING THE MoonTHROUGH 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