| 期刊全称 | A Passion for the Planets | | 期刊简称 | Envisioning Other Wo | | 影响因子2023 | William Sheehan | | 视频video | | | 发行地址 | Provides a uniques sketch of the psychology behind planet hunting, how many astronomers grow up and develop a passion for observing the night sky in different cultures.Outlines the naked-eye era—start | | 图书封面 |  | | 影响因子 | .Astronomy is by far the most popular of the physical sciences, enticing enough to become a major cultural preoccupation for many, and for some an enthralling scientific activity which veritably rules their lives. What is the nature of that seemingly unstoppable attraction? In this lively and compelling account, William Sheehan – professional psychiatrist, noted historian of astronomy, and incurable observer - explores the nature of that allure through the story of man‘s visual exploration of the planets...In this volume, the first of a trilogy, Sheehan starts with observational astronomy’s profound and lasting effect on his own life, setting the points of embarkation for the journey to come. He travels across the historical landscape seeking the earliest origins of man‘s compulsion to observe the planets among the hunter gatherers of the upper palaeolithic, and traces the evolving story from the planetary records of the earliest cities, to Pharonic Egypt through to Hellenistic Greek astronomy culminating in Ptolemy. The necessity to observe played its part in the perceptual changes wrought by the Copernican revolution, as well as the observational advances achieved by such extraor | | Pindex | Book 2010Latest edition |
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