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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Émile BiémontPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG ISBN: 9783031959660ISBN 10: 3031959663 Pages: 402 Publication Date: 27 September 2025 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available ![]() This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction and General Context.- Chapter 2: An Abridged History of the Mesoamerican Peoples.- Chapter 3: The Glorious Civilizations of the Aztecs and Maya.- Chapter 4: Mesoamerican Writing and Historical Sources.- Chapter 5: The Xiuhpohualli and the Tonalpohualli of the Aztecs.- Chapter 6: A Cyclical Time: the Haab and the Tzolkin of the Maya.- Chapter 7: The Religion and Mythology of the Aztecs.- Chapter 8: The Religion and Cosmology of the Maya.- Chapter 9: The Astronomy of the Aztecs.- Chapter 10: The Sky of the Maya and the Power of the Kings.ReviewsAuthor InformationEmile Biémont is Honorary Research Director of the belgian FNRS, Honorary professor of the University of Mons (Belgium) and Emeritus member of the Royal Academy of Belgium. His fields of investigation concern theoretical and experimental atomic spectroscopy with applications to laser physics, plasma physics and astrophysics. He has been involved intensively in teaching and research in astrophysics and particularly in solar and stellar physics, namely in abundance determinations. He is also interested in the history of science and popularization of science. He is the author (or co-author) of approximately 370 scientific publications in physics and astrophysics. He has published 15 books on subjects as diverse as the light, the meteors, the calendars, the rainbow, the astronomy in the islamic world, the atomic and molecular spectroscopy, the time measurement and the history of atomic physics, including his latest book published by Springer in 2024, The Incas' Sky. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |