书目名称 | Star Maps | 副标题 | History, Artistry, a | 编辑 | Nick Kanas | 视频video | http://file.papertrans.cn/876/875898/875898.mp4 | 概述 | Includes over 50 new pages of text and 44 new images (16 in color).Expands the existing sections on the celestial globe, planisphere, and planets, moons, and comets.Includes new sections on colonial c | 丛书名称 | Springer Praxis Books | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .Until the publication of the first edition of ‘Star Maps,‘ books were either general histories of astronomy using examples of antiquarian celestial maps as illustrations, or catalogs of celestial atlases that failed to trace the flow of sky map development over time. .The second edition focuses on the development of contemporary views of the heavens and advances in map-making. It captures the beauty and awe of the heavens through images from antiquarian celestial prints and star atlases. This book uniquely combines a number of features: 1) the history of celestial cartography is traced from ancient to modern times; 2) this development is integrated with contemporary cosmological systems; 3) the artistry of sky maps is shown using beautiful color images from actual celestial atlases and prints; 4) each illustration is accompanied by a legend explaining what is being shown; and 5) the text is written for the lay reader based on the author‘s experience with writing articlesfor amateur astronomy and map collector magazines. .This updated second edition of ‘Star Maps‘ contains over 50 new pages of text and 44 new images (16 in color), including completely new sections on celestial fron | 出版日期 | Book 20122nd edition | 关键词 | Ancient cosmology; Antiquarian celestial maps; Celestial cartography; Celestial maps; Constellation figu | 版次 | 2 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0917-5 | isbn_ebook | 978-1-4614-0917-5 | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media New York 2012 |
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