A Scheme of Heaven - Astrology and the Birth of Science (Paperback, Main)

Despite a resurgence in popularity, horoscopes are generally considered to be pseudoscience today - but they were once a cutting-edge scientific tool. In this ingenious work of history, data scientist Alexander Boxer examines a treasure trove of esoteric classical sources to expose the deep imaginative framework by which - for millennia - we made sense of our fates. Astrology, he argues, was the ancient world's most ambitious applied mathematics problem, a grand data-analysis enterprise sustained by some of history's most brilliant minds, from Ptolemy to al-Kindi to Kepler. A Scheme of Heaven explores the wonderful subtleties of astrological ideas. Telling the stories of their inventors and most influential exponents, Boxer puts them through their paces using modern data sets - finding that the methods of today's scientists are often uncomfortably close to those of astrology's ancient sages.

General

Imprint:	Profile Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2021
First published:	2020
Authors:	Alexander Boxer
Dimensions:	129 x 199 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	336
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-1-78125-964-1
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Popular astronomy Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Astronomical charts & atlases Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Space travel & exploration Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > Astrology > General Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Astrology > General Promotions
LSN:	1-78125-964-X
Barcode:	9781781259641

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