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@BOOK{Hoskin:610581,
      author       = {Hoskin, Michael},
      title        = {{T}he {H}istory of {A}stronomy: {A} {V}ery {S}hort
                      {I}ntroduction: {A} {V}ery {S}hort {I}ntroduction},
      publisher    = {Oxford University Press},
      reportid     = {PUBDB-2024-04656},
      isbn         = {9780192803061},
      series       = {Very Short Introductions},
      pages        = {144},
      year         = {2003},
      abstract     = {Astronomy, perhaps the first of the sciences, was already
                      well developed by the time of Christ. Seventeen centuries
                      later, after Newton showed that the movements of the planets
                      could be explained in terms of gravitation, it became the
                      paradigm for the mathematical sciences. In the nineteenth
                      century the analysis of star-light allowed astrophysicists
                      to determine both the chemical composition and the radial
                      velocities of celestial bodies, while the development of
                      photography enabled distant objects invisible to the human
                      eye, to be studied and measured in comfort. Technical
                      developments during and since the Second World War have
                      greatly enlarged the scope of the science by permitting the
                      study of radiation.This is a fascinating introduction to the
                      history of Western astronomy, from prehistoric times to the
                      origins of astrophysics in the mid-nineteenth century.
                      Historical records are first found in Babylon and Egypt, and
                      after two millennia the arithmetical astronomy of the
                      Babylonians merged with the Greek geometrical approach to
                      culminate in the Almagest of Ptolemy. This legacy was
                      transmitted to the Latin West via Islam, and led to
                      Copernicus's claim that the Earth is in motion. In
                      justifying this Kepler converted astronomy into a branch of
                      dynamics, leading to Newton's universal law of gravity. The
                      book concludes with eighteenth- and nineteenth-century
                      applications of Newton's law, and the first explorations of
                      the universe of stars.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short
                      Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains
                      hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These
                      pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new
                      subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis,
                      perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting
                      and challenging topics highly readable.},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)3},
      url          = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/610581},
}