Phaenomena

Name: Phaenomena
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9780500024294
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Doppelmayr's Celestial Atlas

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In Phaenomena, readers are introduced to the ancient Greek poet Aratus's exploration of the constellations and the cosmic order. The text beautifully combines poetic elegance with astronomical knowledge, offering insight into how the night sky was viewed and interpreted in classical times. This book elegantly blends science and literature, making it a fascinating read for anyone interested in the historical depths of astronomical observation.
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This book may appeal to you if you're captivated by the wonders of the natural world and the science behind them. It's a fascinating exploration of phenomena that shape our understanding of nature, blending informative insights with engaging narrative. Ideal for readers who enjoy delving into the intricacies of Science & Nature.

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A beautiful showcase of Johann Doppelmayr's magnificent Atlas Coelestis that deconstructs its intricately drawn plates and explores its influential ideas.

Showcasing Johann Doppelmayr's magnificent 1742 map of the cosmos, Atlas Coelestis, this spectacular guide to the heavens is also a superb introduction to the fundamentals and history of astronomy.

Charting constellations, planets, comets, and moons, Doppelmayr's Atlas presents the ideas and discoveries of many famous and influential astronomers, including Copernicus, Riccioli, Kepler, Newton, and Halley. It features intricate colour plates that interweave annotated diagrams and tables with figurative drawings and ornamental features. Here, you can appreciate the beauty of those exquisite astronomical and cosmographical plates and comprehend the details, which are also presented in step-by-step deconstructed form.

Astronomer Giles Sparrow elucidates the scientific ideas inherent in each plate, expertly decoding and analysing the complex information contained in them. He places Doppelmayr's sumptuous Atlas in the context of the ground-breaking discoveries made during the Renaissance and Enlightenment periods.

A spectacular, revelatory celestial compendium to the cosmos, Phaenomena expands on and explains Doppelmayr's original, awe-inspiring Atlas and reflects upon its influence on the development of the science of astronomy to the present day.

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New life is breathed into this extraordinary work published in 1742, with Giles Sparrow's edition offering a fascinating and accessible narrative of the known cosmos. The book is praised for its stunning illustrations and is described as both a tribute to Doppelmayr’s work and an engaging read for both specialists and non-specialists. Words like 'magnificent' and 'amazing' are used to depict its visual and scholarly appeal.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780500024294

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 25 October 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Illustration: 736 Illustrations, color

Contributors:

Text by Giles Sparrow
Foreword by Martin Rees

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 265.0mm

Height: 365.0mm

Weight: 2100g

Pages: 256

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

Giles Sparrow is a writer and editor specializing in astronomy and physics. He studied astronomy at University College London and science communication at Imperial College and is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. He has written for books, magazines and multi-volume encyclopaedias on a wide range of topics, from cutting-edge space technology to the history of science, and from distant constellations to ancient archaeology. He regularly contributes to magazines, including All About Space and Sky at Night, and is the author of the bestselling Cosmos, A History of the Universe in 21 Stars, Spaceflight and What Shape is Space? A primer for the 21st century, from Thames & Hudson's The Big Idea series.

Martin Rees is an astrophysicist and cosmologist, and the United Kingdom's Astronomer Royal. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 2004 to 2012 and President of the Royal Society between 2005 and 2010. In 2012 he co-founded the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, an interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to studying and reducing the threat of global catastrophes.