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The International Astronomical Union and the International Union for the History and Philosophy of Science have sponsored a major work on the history of astrono

Since man first looked towards the heavens, a great deal of effort has been put into trying to predict and explain the motions of the sun, moon and planets. Dev

With unprecedented current coverage of the profound changes in the nature and practice of science in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe, this comprehensi

"Historians of science, teachers and students of the history and philosophy of science and mathematics will be astounded at the difference a few decades of rese

Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences, and one which has repeatedly led to fundamental changes in our view of the world. This book covers the history of our s