Gods in the Sky: Astronomy, Religion and Culture from the Ancients to the Renaissance by Allan Chapman

Gods in the Sky: Astronomy, Religion and Culture from the Ancients to the Renaissance

Allan Chapman

351 pages • first pub 2001 (view editions)

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Most histories of astronomy start with Copernicus, Galileo and Columbus, But this text shows that in the colourful mythology of the ancients lay a surprisingly accurate understanding of celestial movements. A radical prefiguring of modern astronom...

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