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001 2010932671
003 DLC
005 20141217080305.0
008 100716s2011 nyuach b 001 0 eng d
010 $a 2010932671
020 $a9781441968029 (alk. paper)
020 $a1441968024 (alk. paper)
020 $a9781441968036 (e-ISBN)
020 $a1441968032 (e-ISBN)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn646114124
040 $aBTCTA$beng$cBTCTA$dYDXCP$dWCM$dCDX$dVVC$dFDA$dOHX$dDLC
042 $alccopycat
050 00 $aGN799.A8$bP4677 2011
082 04 $a133.509$222
100 1 $aPenprase, Bryan E.
245 14 $aThe power of stars :$bhow celestial observations have shaped civilization /$cBryan E. Penprase.
260 $aNew York :$bSpringer Verlag,$cc2011.
300 $axi, 347 p. :$bill. (some col.), facsims., ports. ;$c26 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 311-315) and index.
505 0 $aOur experience of the sky and star knowledge -- A world of constellations in the night sky -- Creation stories from around the world -- World systems : models of the universe throughout time -- Stars that bind : civilization, calendars, and the sky -- Modern timekeeping and the development of the science of time -- Celestial architecture : monuments of the sky -- The archaeoastronomy of modern civilization -- The development of modern cosmology -- Concluding thoughts.
650 0 $aArchaeoastronomy.
650 0 $aAstronomy$xHistory.