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Title: Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy
by Michael Hoskin
ISBN: 0-521-57600-8
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999
Format: Paperback
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $24.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3 (2 reviews)

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Rating: 1
Summary: A status-quo history
Comment: I was disappointed greatly with the contents of the book. Hoskin and Gingerich peddle the old Eurocentric view of astronomy. Short shrift is given to the views of scholars such as R.R. Newton and Dennis Rawlins. The presentation of material is very shallow, and the tangled web behind the advances of Kepler and others is not presented. It is like whitewash.

Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent scientific history
Comment: Although this appears to be in a coffee-table format, this book covers both history and technical aspects of the subject without oversimplification. Side issues are explained in detail. Illustrations are well-presented, clear and in color when appropriate; very useful in this largely visual subject. The very best history of astronomy I have found.

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