Astronomy and the Imagination: A New Approach to Man's Experience of the Stars - Softcover

Davidson, Norman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140190783 ISBN 13: 9780140190786

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1988

Synopsis

Offers advice on naked-eye observation of the stars and planets and discusses astronomy's role as part of human culture, literature, history, psychology, mythology, and philosophy

About this title

From Library Journal:

We all know that the Earth is not the center of the universe. But, as Davidson explains, none of us can ever really observe, with our own senses, such things as the Earth orbiting around the Sun. What we can perceive from Earth is still that view of the universe experienced by our primitive ancestors, that is, the heavenly bodies as lights in the sky moving in strange and wonderful ways. This book is written to describe what we can observe if we study the sky with the naked eye or simple telescope. Unfortunately, there are no sky charts or photographs to help guide the would-be stargazer, and many of the illustrations are of little help. These problems limit the usefulness of the book. Harold D. Shane, Mathematics Dept., Baruch Coll., CUNY
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0140190783
• ISBN 13: 9780140190786
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256