Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography (Springer Praxis Books / Popular Astronomy)
by Nick Kanas
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Author: Nick KanasEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2009-06-16
ISBN: 0387716688
Number of pages: 382
Publisher: Praxis
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- ISBN13: 9780387716688
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Book Review: The history of astronomical art at its best.
Summary: 5 Stars
Nick Kanas's Star Maps has to be one of the most comprehensively researched and most expertly written descriptions of astronomical cartography published in the past century. Physically, his book is an inch-thick block of detailed information, superbly illustrating the history and explaining the philosophy of astronomical cartography from its beginnings in ancient eastern cultures down to the 21st Century western star mappers.
Kanas's Star Maps will rapidly become a standard reference for astronomical historians, and also for fine art dealers and collectors.
Kevin J Kilburn FRAS
Secretary, the Society for the History of Astronomy
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