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• Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography (Springer Praxis Books / Popular Astronomy)

  From 1600 to 1800 a number of beautiful star atlases depicting the constellations according to ancient myths and tales were printed. In Europe, where the quality of celestial atlases was unmatched, classical Greek traditions prevailed and the constellations were given allegorical visual representations of heroes and heroines, real and imaginary animals, scientific instruments and artistic [...]

• Lives of the Planets: A Natural History of the Solar System

  A grand overview of the dynamic and endlessly fascinating backyard of astronomy–our solar system. Lives of the Planets describes a scientific field in the midst of a revolution. Planetary science has mainly been a descriptive science, but it is becoming increasingly experimental. The space probes that went up between the 1960s and 1990s were primarily [...]

• Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of NASA’s Apollo Lunar Expeditions

  This official NASA history chronicles the Apollo astronauts’ activities on the lunar surface, tracing the behind-the-scenes conflicts and cooperation between the space agency’s scientists and engineers. The first half of the book concerns the preparations for the Moon landings, and the second half documents the flights that followed Apollo 11. 1989 edition. Related posts The [...]

• Astrology, the mother of all sciences?

  Solomon saith ‘ There is no new thing upon the earth. All novelty is but oblivion”. Meaning that all new inventions are reflections of thngs heavenly or that the New Science is nothing but Old Science ! Bacon in his essays said ” There is an abstruse astrologer that saith; were it not for two things [...]

• Moons and Planets

  Fully updated by William Hartmann, this text retains a comparative approach to the principles of planetology, including organization by physical topic rather than by planet. This unique approach promotes an understanding of the unifying principles and processes that cause similarities and differences among the moon and planets. This edition features finding and photos from Mars [...]