Astrology to Astronomy - The Study of the Night Sky from Ptolemy to Copernicus - With Biographies and Illustrations (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781528773232)

For countless millennia humans have read the future in the night sky and seen the effects of celestial movement here on Earth, this was astrology, the very first attempt to understand the stars and planets. In a very short amount of time mankind has come from the practice of astrology through the work of countless great men and women to the fully fledged scientific study of astronomy and cosmology. This book follows the train of thought and discovery taken by a few people. Including biographies of Ptolemy and Copernicus.

Author: Various
ISBN-10: 1528773233
ISBN-13: 9781528773232
Publisher: Vintage Astronomy Classics
Language: English
Published: 11/23/2022
Pages: 68
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.31d