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A Passion for the Planets (Record no. 26397)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781441959713
978-1-4419-5971-3
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number QB4
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 520
Edition number 23
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-- New York, NY :
-- Springer New York,
-- 2010.
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100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Sheehan, William.
Relator term author.
245 12 - IMMEDIATE SOURCE OF ACQUISITION NOTE
Title A Passion for the Planets
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title Envisioning Other Worlds, From the Pleistocene to the Age of the Telescope /
Statement of responsibility, etc by William Sheehan.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent VI, 194p.
Other physical details online resource.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Beginnings -- By Passion Driven -- Nomads -- Innana’s Antics -- Pure Ambrosia -- Revolutions -- A Passion in Bohemia -- Moon Over Padua -- Figures of Cynthia -- Afterglow.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Astronomy is by far the most popular of the physical sciences, enticing enough to become a major cultural preoccupation for many, and for some an enthralling scientific activity which veritably rules their lives. What is the nature of that seemingly unstoppable attraction? In this lively and compelling account, William Sheehan – professional psychiatrist, noted historian of astronomy, and incurable observer - explores the nature of that allure through the story of man's visual exploration of the planets. In this volume, the first of a trilogy, Sheehan starts with observational astronomy’s profound and lasting effect on his own life, setting the points of embarkation for the journey to come. He travels across the historical landscape seeking the earliest origins of man's compulsion to observe the planets among the hunter gatherers of the upper palaeolithic, and traces the evolving story from the planetary records of the earliest cities, to Pharonic Egypt through to Hellenistic Greek astronomy culminating in Ptolemy. The necessity to observe played its part in the perceptual changes wrought by the Copernican revolution, as well as the observational advances achieved by such extraordinary characters as Tycho with his sharpest of eyes, and his luxurious practice of total astronomy. The two epochal advances published in 1609, both born through planetary observation, namely Kepler's discovery of the true nature of the orbit of Mars and Harriot and Galileo’s observations of the Moon, have a pivotal place in this account. Sheehan weaves a rich tapestry of social and technological settings, patronage and personalities, equipment and skills, cosmologies and goals, motives and compulsions to try to explain why we have observed, and continue to observe, the planets. The compelling text of A Passion for the Planets is enhanced by the specially commissioned planetary artwork of Julian Baum, himself son of a noted planetary observer and historian of planetary observers, and Randall Rosenfeld. A Passion for the Planets will be of interest to all amateur astronomers; active planetary observers; armchair astronomers; those interested in the history of astronomy; the cultural history of science; and astronomical art.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Physics.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Planetology.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Astronomy.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Physics.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Popular Science in Astronomy.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Planetology.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element SpringerLink (Online service)
773 0# - HOST ITEM ENTRY
Title Springer eBooks
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9781441959706
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5971-3
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Source of classification or shelving scheme
Item type E-Book
Copies
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2014-04-14AUM Main Library2014-04-14 2014-04-14 E-Book   AUM Main Library520
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