The power of stars [electronic resource] : how celestial observations have shaped civilization / Bryan E. Penprase.

What are some of the connections that bind us to the stars? How have these connections been established? And how have people all around the world and throughout time reacted to the night sky, the sun and moon, in their poetry, mythology, rituals, and temples? This book explores the influence of the...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author:	Penprase, Bryan E.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Springer, ©2011.
Subjects:	Cosmology. Stars > Observations. Stars. Observations.