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Conversing with the planets : how science and myth invented the cosmos

Title: Conversing with the planets : how science and myth invented the cosmos / Anthony Aveni.
Author: Aveni, Anthony F.
Publication: Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, [2002], ©2002.

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Description

xiv, 243 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-231) and index.

Contents

1. The Process: A Common Ground of Discovery -- 2. The Images: Planets and Sky -- 3. Mythology: Naming the Images -- 4. Astronomy: Following the Images -- 5. Astrology: Believing in the Images -- 6. Technology: Harnessing the images -- 7. Science: The Image for Its Own Sake.

ISBN

087081673X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2002011500

OCLC

50251907
ocm50251907
SCSB-4336722

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Columbia University Libraries