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Author: Giulio Magli
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint: Copernicus Books
Edition: 2009 ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.898kg
ISBN: 9780387765648
ISBN 10: 0387765646
Pages: 444
Publication Date: 28 April 2009
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
From the reviews: Magli ... a theoretical physicist by training, turned to archeoastronomy a decade ago, the topic that marries astronomy to architecture, landscape, ancient astronomical lore, and culture. In this work, a translation of the 2005 Italian version, the author begins with what might be considered standard subjects for archeoastronomy: a survey of a wide range of ancient cultures and their remnants ... . Two appendixes ... and excellent line drawings and photographs are useful. ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. General readers. (M.-K. Hemenway, Choice, Vol. 47 (2), October, 2009) Professor Magli ... graduated to relativistic astrophysics, before 'seeing the light'. His book ... takes us on a guided tour of the world's archaeoastronomical monuments. ... His book is a comprehensive, well-illustrated, well-referenced, easily accessible intellectual joy. ... The constructors of Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids lived only a hundred or so generations ago. ... The quest to understand their astronomy, their minds, and their motivations is difficult and rewarding and worthy of encouragement. ... Magli's excellent book is an ideal place to start. (David W. Hughes, The Observatory, Vol. 129 (1213), December, 2009)
From the reviews: Magli ! a theoretical physicist by training, turned to archeoastronomy a decade ago, the topic that marries astronomy to architecture, landscape, ancient astronomical lore, and culture. In this work, a translation of the 2005 Italian version, the author begins with what might be considered standard subjects for archeoastronomy: a survey of a wide range of ancient cultures and their remnants ! . Two appendixes ! and excellent line drawings and photographs are useful. ! Summing Up: Highly recommended. General readers. (M.-K. Hemenway, Choice, Vol. 47 (2), October, 2009) Professor Magli ! graduated to relativistic astrophysics, before 'seeing the light'. His book ! takes us on a guided tour of the world's archaeoastronomical monuments. ! His book is a comprehensive, well-illustrated, well-referenced, easily accessible intellectual joy. ! The constructors of Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids lived only a hundred or so generations ago. ! The quest to understand their astronomy, their minds, and their motivations is difficult and rewarding and worthy of encouragement. ! Magli's excellent book is an ideal place to start. (David W. Hughes, The Observatory, Vol. 129 (1213), December, 2009)
From the reviews: Magli ... a theoretical physicist by training, turned to archeoastronomy a decade ago, the topic that marries astronomy to architecture, landscape, ancient astronomical lore, and culture. In this work, a translation of the 2005 Italian version, the author begins with what might be considered standard subjects for archeoastronomy: a survey of a wide range of ancient cultures and their remnants ... . Two appendixes ... and excellent line drawings and photographs are useful. ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. General readers. (M.-K. Hemenway, Choice, Vol. 47 (2), October, 2009) Professor Magli ... graduated to relativistic astrophysics, before `seeing the light'. His book ... takes us on a guided tour of the world's archaeoastronomical monuments. ... His book is a comprehensive, well-illustrated, well-referenced, easily accessible intellectual joy. ... The constructors of Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids lived only a hundred or so generations ago. ... The quest to understand their astronomy, their minds, and their motivations is difficult and rewarding and worthy of encouragement. ... Magli's excellent book is an ideal place to start. (David W. Hughes, The Observatory, Vol. 129 (1213), December, 2009)
