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Book Why we looked at the stars (2nd Ed.)
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An enjoyable journey from awe and fear of the unknown to understanding and fascination with our immense and enigmatic Cosmos.
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Synopsis
how have the different representations of the sky evolved since the cave paintings in the Lascaux Cave in France more than 15,000 years ago? What are the Pleiades? How did time begin to be measured? When did humans realize that the Sun and the Moon influenced weather changes and crops? How are the stars of a constellation named? Where does the horoscope come from? How does Plutarch describe an eclipse? When are the first supernovae mentioned? How did our ancestors represent comets? These and many other questions that arise from the curiosity and mystery that has always aroused the contemplation of the sky, from the earliest times, justify the title of this book: Why we looked at the stars.
Author: Pérez Verde, Antonio
(Casas-Ibáñez, Albacete, 1981) is an engineer and scientific popularizer, member of the Spanish Society of Astronomy and vice-president of the Astronomical Association of Cuenca. He worked for several years at the Center for Astrobiology (CSIC-INTA). He collaborates assiduously with various platforms and media related to popular science and, more specifically, with astronomy and space exploration. He is the author of the blog 'Astrométrico' in which he comments on curiosities and events of interest that occur in the Cosmos.
Publisher : MENOSCUARTO EDICIONES; N.º 1 edition (28 February 2022)
Language : Spanish
Soft cover : 200 pages
Product weight : 290 g
Dimensions : 14 x 1.2 x 21 cm
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