The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar Observatories
Author:   J.L. Heilbron
Publisher:   Harvard University Press
ISBN:  

9780674854338


Pages:   374
Publication Date:   15 October 1999
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained


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Author:   J.L. Heilbron
Publisher:   Harvard University Press
Imprint:   Harvard University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 24.70cm
Weight:   0.990kg
ISBN:  

9780674854338


ISBN 10:   0674854330
Pages:   374
Publication Date:   15 October 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

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This book offers a different kind of travel guide for the 'mathematical tourist,' providing an itinerary of Italian cities and churches in which to find meridians, analemmas, armillary spheres and gnomons. These are good reminders of the role of the church in the history of science and testify to the fact that everything applied to the church, even the most apparently ornamental, served a didactic purpose. -- Paul A. Calter and Kim Williams Nexus Network Journal


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