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A Scheme of Heaven - Astrology and the Birth of Science (Paperback, Main) Loot Price: R333
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A Scheme of Heaven - Astrology and the Birth of Science (Paperback, Main): Alexander Boxer

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

Alexander Boxer

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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.

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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
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LSN: 1-78125-964-X
Barcode: 9781781259641

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