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The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar Observatories by J.L. Heilbron

Cathedrals as Solar Observatories

The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar Observatories

J.L. Heilbron

384 pages paperback

2 editions

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
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Between 1650 and 1750, four Catholic churches were the best solar observatories in the world. Built to fix an unquestionable date for Easter, they also housed instruments that threw light on the disputed geometry of the solar system, and so, withi...

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