From Cave Art to Hubble A History of Astronomical Record Keeping /

• Main Author: Powell, Jonathan (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Astronomers' Universe,
• Subjects: Astronomy.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy-Observations.; History.; Technology-History.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; History of Science.; History of Technology.

Since ancient times, humans have engaged in a continual quest to make sense of the night sky. Cultures across the world recorded their earliest efforts in artwork made directly on the natural landscapes around them, and from there developed increasingly sophisticated techniques for observing and doc...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter One - Introduction
• Chapter Two - Cave Paintings - Part I
• Chapter Three - Cave Paintings - Part II
• Chapter Four - The Astrolabe
• Chapter Five - Supernovae
• Chapter Six - Mercury Transitions
• Chapter Seven - Shi Shen to Charles Messier
• Chapter Eight - The 1639 Transit of Venus
• Chapter Nine - Comets
• Chapter Ten - Astronomical Observatories
• Chapter Eleven - Fossils, Tree Rings, and Ice
• Index.