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Patrick Moore’s Millennium Yearbook The View from AD 1001

In a year that will probably be remembered almost as much for books about the millennium as for the turn of 2000 A.D itself, Patrick Moore's Millennium Yearbook celebrates.....well, the wrong millennium! This thoroughly entertaining book - which is for everyone, not just astronomers - contains...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Moore, Patrick, Chapman, Allan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Springer London 2000, 2000
Edition:1st ed. 2000
Subjects:
Astronomy, Observations And Techniques
Astrophysics And Astroparticles
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—observations
Astrophysics
Online Access:
Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The Night Sky in 1000
  • Marvels in the heavens
  • The Astronomical Achievements of the first Millennium (Albert Pendleburiensis)
  • Astronomical Instruments of the first Millennium (Allanus Salfordiensis)
  • The Astrolabe (Aelfred Cliftoniensis)
  • A Letter Relating to the Properties of Light, as Made by Alhazen (Matthew of Irwell)
  • Book Review: Book of the Constellations of the fixed Stars (Al Sufi)
  • Obituary: Abul Wafa
  • Astronomy of the Next Millennium

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