TY  - GEN
T1  - Planetary astronomy : from ancient times to the third millennium
A1  - Schorn, Ronald A. (Ronald Anthony), 1935-2018
LA  - English
PP  - College Station, Tex.
PB  - Texas A & M University Press
YR  - 1998
ED  - 1st ed.
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm49414656
AB  - In Planetary Astronomy: From Ancient Times to the Third Millennium, Ronald A. Schorn shows how times, ways of thinking, and planetary astronomy itself have changed over the millennia. Schorn presents a firsthand account of the triumphs, tragedies, and fiascos in the field. He covers why the science "fell from grace," presenting both the nonplanetary astronomers' and planetary astronomers' viewpoints. Drawing on hundreds of interviews, direct observation, and extensive documentation to render events with a sense of immediacy and reality, he gives the reader an idea of what situations were like when no one knew the answers.
AB  - Schorn's look into the world's oldest science from ancient times to the present offers more than the usual time line of events. This rare "inside" examination will interest readers of space exploration, astronomy, and the history of science.
OP  - 376
CN  - QB15 .S39 1998eb
SN  - 0585380341
SN  - 9780585380346
SN  - 0890967873
SN  - 9780890967874
SN  - 0890968071
SN  - 9780890968079
KW  - Astronomy : History.
KW  - Planetary science.
KW  - Astronomie : Histoire.
KW  - Planétologie.
KW  - SCIENCE : Astronomy.
KW  - Astronomy
KW  - Planetary science
KW  - Astronomie
KW  - Geschichte
KW  - Astronomy & Astrophysics.
KW  - Physical Sciences & Mathematics.
KW  - Astronomy - General.
KW  - Planètes : Histoire.
KW  - History
ER  -