Cometography: Volume 1, Ancient-1799 - A Catalog of Comets (Hardcover, Volume 1, Ancient–1799)

Cometography is the most complete and comprehensive collection of data on comets available. It comes in four self-contained sequential volumes and this, the first, covers ancient times through to the end of the eighteenth century. Cometography uses the most reliable orbits known to determine all the key parameters of each well observed comet. Cometography also provides nontechnical details to help the reader understand how the comet may have influenced various cultures at the time of its appearance. All the information in Cometography has been sourced directly from the original documents, including European monastic histories, Roman, Greek and Muslim texts, Chinese, Japanese and Korean scripts. In many cases, dates of important historical events can be corrected based on the appearance of a comet and identified using this book. Cometography will be valuable to historians of science as well as providing amateur and professional astronomers with a definitive reference on comets through the ages.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cometography
Release date:	September 1999
First published:	1999
Authors:	Gary W. Kronk
Dimensions:	263 x 189 x 37mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	580
Edition:	Volume 1, Ancient–1799
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-58504-0
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Cosmology & the universe Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Astronomical charts & atlases Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Solar system > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-58504-X
Barcode:	9780521585040

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