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The Light of the Night Sky
F. E. Roach
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Description for The Light of the Night Sky
Paperback. Num Pages: 126 pages, 49 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 7. Weight in Grams: 280.
Astronomy appears to us as a combination of art, science, and philosophy. Its study puts the universe into perspective, giving a sense of pleasure in its beauty, awe at its immensity, and humility at our trivial place in it. From earliest human history, man has scrutinized the night sky - and wondered and marveled. With unaided eye but perceptive mind, he recognized order in the regular appearance and movements of individual objects, such as the planets and star groups (constellations), in their rhythmic and majestic progressions across the bowl of night. Even in the present era of scientific exactitude, there ... Read more
Astronomy appears to us as a combination of art, science, and philosophy. Its study puts the universe into perspective, giving a sense of pleasure in its beauty, awe at its immensity, and humility at our trivial place in it. From earliest human history, man has scrutinized the night sky - and wondered and marveled. With unaided eye but perceptive mind, he recognized order in the regular appearance and movements of individual objects, such as the planets and star groups (constellations), in their rhythmic and majestic progressions across the bowl of night. Even in the present era of scientific exactitude, there ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
Number of Pages
126
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789027702944
SKU
V9789027702944
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99-15
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