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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
- New York : Times Books, ©1992.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QB981 .A99 1992 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 255 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- An award-winning professor takes readers on a guided tour of the stunning celestial discoveries of past cultures. Interweaving the astronomy, mythology, and anthropology of ancient peoples, Aveni shows how to discover the harmony between their beliefs and their study of the sky through naked-eye observations.
- Subject
- Geschichte Anfänge-1630
- Cosmology
- Cosmology, Ancient
- Cosmology, Babylonian
- Archaeoastronomy
- Science fiction
- Anthropology
- Anthropology
- cosmology
- anthropology
- Astronomie
- Kosmologie
- Philosophische Anthropologie
- Kosmologie
- Mythologie
- Astronomie > Histoire
- Cosmologie
- Science-fiction
- Astrologie
- Cosmologie babylonienne
- Archéoastronomie
- Univers
- Planète
- Genre/Form
- Science fiction.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-235) and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. The Process: A Common Ground of Discovery -- Ch. 2. The Images: Planets and Sky -- Ch. 3. Mythology: Naming the Images -- Ch. 4. Astronomy: Following the Images -- Ch. 5. Astrology: Believing in the Images -- Ch. 6. Technology: Harnessing the Images -- Ch. 7. Science: The Image for Its Own Sake.
- ISBN
- 0812919750
- 9780812919752
- LCCN
- 91051037
- OCLC
- ocm25283224
- 25283224
- SCSB-1970751
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library