The Chinese Sky During the Han: Constellating Stars and Society by Sun

The Chinese Sky During the Han: Constellating Stars and Society

Presents the first adequate picture of the Chinese sky of 2000 years ago. Investigating the 283 constellations,...
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The Chinese Sky During the Han: Constellating Stars and Society by Sun

The Chinese Sky During the Han: Constellating Stars and Society

$611.55

The Chinese Sky During the Han: Constellating Stars and Society

$611.55
Author: Sun
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Presents the first adequate picture of the Chinese sky of 2000 years ago. Investigating the 283 constellations, it reveals that the sky as a mirror of human society was based on the philosophy and cosmology of Han times.

Author: Sun, Kistemaker
Publisher: Brill
Published: 02/01/1997
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.30w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9789004107373

About the Author
Sun Xiaochun, Ph.D. (1993) in History of Science, Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), Beijing, is Associate Professor of History of Chinese Astronomy at the CAS-Institute for the History of Natural Sciences in Beijing.
Jacob Kistemaker, Ph.D. (1945) in Physics, University of Leiden, was Professor of Physics at the Leiden University, founder and director of the FOM-Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics in Amsterdam and curator of the Teyler Museum in Haarlem during 30 years. He is a member of the Academies of Science in Amsterdam, Brussels and Moscow.


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