Star maps : history, artistry, and cartography
Star Maps captures the beauty and awe of the heavens through celestial prints and star atlases. It traces the history of celestial cartography and relates this history to the changing ideas of humanity's place in the universe. The text of this Second Edition is enriched with 263 photographs, 91...
में बचाया:
| मुख्य लेखक: | |
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| स्वरूप: | Livre numérique |
| भाषा: | Anglais |
| प्रकाशित: |
New York, NY :
Springer New York
[20..].
Cham : Springer Nature |
| संस्करण: | 2nd ed. 2012. |
| श्रृंखला: | Popular Astronomy
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| ऑनलाइन पहुंच: | Accès sur la plateforme de l'éditeur Accès sur la plateforme Istex Accès Université d'Orléans Accès INSA CVL |
| टिप्पणी: |
Archives Springer e-books (Licence nationale) Archives Springer e-books (Licence nationale) |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Edition sous un autre format: | • Star maps, a history, artistry, and cartography, Nick Kanas, Second edition, New York, Springer, 2012, 1 vol. (XXXV-528 p.), 978-1-4614-0916-8 |
विषय - सूची:
- Prefac to Second Edition Foreword to First Edition Preface to First Edition Acknowledgments List of Figures List of Tables List of abbreviations and acronyms Chapter 1: What is a star map? Chapter 2: Non-European cosmology and constellation development Chapter 3: European Cosmology Chapter 4: European constellation development Chapter 5: Early European star maps Chapter 6: The "Big Four" of the Golden Age of pictorial star maps Chapter 7: Other important star maps of the Golden Age Chapter 8: Special topics Chapter 9: Mapping the stars in early America Chapter 10: The transition to non-pictorial star maps Chapter 11: Color Plate Gallery.- Appendices Appendix A: Collecting celestial maps and prints Appendix B: Supplementary reference catalog Appendix C: Indices of major constellation atlases Appendix D: The British Library "Kings's" edition Appendix E: Glossary Index