TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - Star Maps History, Artistry, and Cartography
T2  - Popular Astronomy,
A1  - Kanas, Nick.
LA  - English
PP  - New York, NY
PB  - Springer New York : Imprint: Praxis
YR  - 2007
ED  - 1st ed. 2007.
UL  - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/978-0-387-71669-5
AB  - This book traces the history of celestial cartography and relates this history to the changing ideas of man’s place in the universe and to advances in map-making. Photographs from actual antiquarian celestial atlases and prints, many previously unpublished, enrich the text, and a legend accompanies each illustration to explain its astronomical and cartographic features. Also included in the book are discussions of non-European celestial maps and chapters on early American influences and celestial map-collecting. With the construction of the International Space Station, and new plans for manned missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond, there is renewed interest in the heavens. An ever-increasing number of people are fascinated with the science of space and are becoming amateur astronomers. Antiquarian map societies are prospering, and celestial maps are now viewed as a specialty of map collecting. The beauty and awe generated by the celestial void captures our imagination and delights our aesthetic sense.
OP  - 382
CN  - QB4
SN  - 9780387716695
KW  - Observations, Astronomical.
KW  - Astronomy—Observations.
KW  - Astronomy.
KW  - Astrophysics.
KW  - Physics.
KW  - Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
KW  - Popular Science in Astronomy.
KW  - Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.
KW  - History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.
ER  -