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The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy
The Birth of Astronomy
The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy
James Evans
Chapter 1
The Birth of Astronomy - all with Video Answers
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Section 1
Astronomy around 700 B.C.: Texts from Two Cultures
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1.1: Astronomy around 700 B.C.: Texts from Two Cultures
1.2: Outline of the Western Astronomical Tradition
1.3: Observation: The Use of the Gnomon
1.4: On the Daily Motion of the Sun
1.5: Exercise: Interpreting a Shadow Plot
1.6: The Diurnal Rotation
1.7: Observation: The Diurnal Motion of the Stars
1.8: Stars and Constellations
1.9: Earth, Sun, and Moon
1.10: The Annual Motion of the Sun
1.11: Observation: The Motion of the Moon
1.12: The Uses of Shadows
1.13: Exercise: Using Shadow Plots
1.14: The Size of the Earth
1.15: Exercise: The Size of the Earth
1.16: Observation: The Angular Size of the Moon
1.17: Aristarchus on the Sizes and Distances
1.18: Exercise: The Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon