| Cometography: Volume 1, Ancient 1799: A Catalog of Comets Contributor(s): Kronk, Gary W. (Author), Marsden, Brian G. (Foreword by), Marsden, Brian G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 052158504X ISBN-13: 9780521585040 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $219.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1999 Annotation: Cometography is the most complete and comprehensive collection of data on comets available. It comes in four self-contained sequential volumes and this, the first, covers ancient times through to the end of the eighteenth century. Cometography uses the most reliable orbits known to determine all the key parameters of each well observed comet. Cometography also provides nontechnical details to help the reader understand how the comet may have influenced various cultures at the time of its appearance. All the information in Cometography has been sourced directly from the original documents, including European monastic histories, Roman, Greek and Muslim texts, Chinese, Japanese and Korean scripts. In many cases, dates of important historical events can be corrected based on the appearance of a comet and identified using this book. Cometography will be valuable to historians of science as well as providing amateur and professional astronomers with a definitive reference on comets through the ages. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | History - Science | Astronomy |
| Dewey: 523.6 |
| LCCN: 98-38683 |
| Series: Cometography |
| Physical Information: 1.45" H x 7.47" W x 10.32" (2.67 lbs) 580 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Chronological Period - 15th Century - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
