The Resource The Norton history of astronomy and cosmology, [John North]
The Norton history of astronomy and cosmology, [John North]
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The item The Norton history of astronomy and cosmology, [John North] represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- Traces the history of astronomy and the universe
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- xxvii, 697 pages
- Note
-
- "Originally published in England under the title The Fontana history of astronomy and cosmology"--Verso t.p
- Statement of responsibility from jacket
- Contents
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- Prehistory
- Ancient Egypt
- Mesopotamia
- The Greek and Roman world
- China and Japan
- Pre-Columbian America
- Indian and Persian astronomy
- Eastern Islam
- Western Islam and Christian Spain
- Medieval and Early Renaissance Europe
- Copernicus' planetary theory
- The new empiricism
- The rise of physical astronomy
- New astronomical problems
- The rise of astrophysics
- Cosmogony, evolution and the sun
- The renewal of cosmology
- Radio astronomy
- Observatories in space
- Macrocosm and microcosm
- Isbn
- 9780393311938
- Label
- The Norton history of astronomy and cosmology
- Title
- The Norton history of astronomy and cosmology
- Statement of responsibility
- [John North]
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Traces the history of astronomy and the universe
- Cataloging source
- VAK
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- North, John David
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1946-2002
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Porter, Roy
- North, John David
- Series statement
- Norton history of science
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Astronomy
- Cosmology
- Label
- The Norton history of astronomy and cosmology, [John North]
- Note
-
- "Originally published in England under the title The Fontana history of astronomy and cosmology"--Verso t.p
- Statement of responsibility from jacket
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prehistory -- Ancient Egypt -- Mesopotamia -- The Greek and Roman world -- China and Japan -- Pre-Columbian America -- Indian and Persian astronomy -- Eastern Islam -- Western Islam and Christian Spain -- Medieval and Early Renaissance Europe -- Copernicus' planetary theory -- The new empiricism -- The rise of physical astronomy -- New astronomical problems -- The rise of astrophysics -- Cosmogony, evolution and the sun -- The renewal of cosmology -- Radio astronomy -- Observatories in space -- Macrocosm and microcosm
- Control code
- 31854784
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- xxvii, 697 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393311938
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1642163
- Label
- The Norton history of astronomy and cosmology, [John North]
- Note
-
- "Originally published in England under the title The Fontana history of astronomy and cosmology"--Verso t.p
- Statement of responsibility from jacket
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prehistory -- Ancient Egypt -- Mesopotamia -- The Greek and Roman world -- China and Japan -- Pre-Columbian America -- Indian and Persian astronomy -- Eastern Islam -- Western Islam and Christian Spain -- Medieval and Early Renaissance Europe -- Copernicus' planetary theory -- The new empiricism -- The rise of physical astronomy -- New astronomical problems -- The rise of astrophysics -- Cosmogony, evolution and the sun -- The renewal of cosmology -- Radio astronomy -- Observatories in space -- Macrocosm and microcosm
- Control code
- 31854784
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- xxvii, 697 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393311938
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1642163
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