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Preface | |
1. Astronomy before history Clive Ruggles and Michael Hoskin | |
2 Astronomy in antiquity Michael Hoskin | |
3. Astronomy in China Christopher Cullen | |
4. Islamic astronomy Michael Hoskin and Owen Gingerich | |
5. The Astrolabe Michael Hoskin | |
6. Medieval Latin astronomy Michael Hoskin and Owen Gingerich | |
7. From geometry to physics: astronomy transformed Michael Hoskin | |
8. The refracting telescope in the seventeenth century J. A. Bennett | |
9. Newton and Newtonianism Michael Hoskin | |
10. The astronomy of the universe of stars Michael Hoskin | |
11. The message of starlight: the rise of astrophysics David Dewhirst and Michael Hoskin | |
12. Astronomy's widening horizons Michael Hoskin and Owen Gingerich | |
Reference Guide | |
Chronology | |
Glossary | |
Further reading | |
Picture acknowledgments | |
Index. |
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