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This was a good read https://archive.org/details/historyofplaneta00dreyuoft https://archive.org/details/historyofplaneta00dreyuoft History of the planetary s
by mymythisisthis 5y ago
This was a good read https://archive.org/details/historyofplaneta00dreyuoft https://archive.org/details/historyofplaneta00dreyuoft
History of the planetary systems from Thales to Kepler by Dreyer
- antognini 5y agoYes, I have that book! It's excellent and one of the ones I use as a source. A few others that I've found to be really good: * A History of Astronomy by Pannekoek * Aristarchus of Samos by Heath (this is actually a much broader history of Greek astronomy than its title suggests) * Episodes in the Early History of Astronomy by Aaboe * Exploring Ancient Skies by Kelly & Milone (much more technical, but also broader and more up to date than the other books)
- mymythisisthis 5y agoHi, maybe you can give me some advice about what to read. I'm looking for a book/video that would give me a step by step account of how early astronomers worked. How they actually took a reading, what corrections they made, and specifically how they did all their calculations. I found this video on celestial navigation really great https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu5R5mrrGB0&t=611s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu5R5mrrGB0&t=611s it walks a person step by step through navigation. Looking for something like this, but showing how a star catalogue, like the Rudolphine Table, is compiled.