Astronomical Myths. Camille Flammarion
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Название: Astronomical Myths

Автор: Camille Flammarion

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       Camille Flammarion, J. F. Blake

      Astronomical Myths

      Based on Flammarions's "History of the Heavens"

      Published by Good Press, 2021

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      EAN 4057664609304

       PREFACE.

       HISTORY OF THE HEAVENS.

       CHAPTER I.

       THE FIRST BEGINNINGS OF ASTRONOMY.

       CHAPTER II.

       ASTRONOMY OF THE CELTS.

       CHAPTER III.

       ORIGIN OF THE CONSTELLATIONS.

       CHAPTER IV.

       THE ZODIAC.

       CHAPTER V.

       THE PLEIADES.

       CHAPTER VI.

       THE NATURE AND STRUCTURE OF THE HEAVENS ACCORDING TO THE ANCIENTS.

       CHAPTER VII.

       THE CELESTIAL HARMONY.

       CHAPTER VIII.

       ASTRONOMICAL SYSTEMS.

       CHAPTER IX.

       THE TERRESTRIAL WORLD OF THE ANCIENTS.—COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY.

       CHAPTER X.

       COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE CHURCH.

       CHAPTER XI.

       LEGENDARY WORLDS OF THE MIDDLE AGES.

       CHAPTER XII.

       ECLIPSES AND COMETS.

       CHAPTER XIII.

       THE GREATNESS AND THE FALL OF ASTROLOGY.

       CHAPTER XIV.

       TIME AND THE CALENDAR.

       CHAPTER XV.

       THE END OF THE WORLD.

       Table of Contents

      The Book which is here presented to the public is founded upon a French work by M. Flammarion which has enjoyed considerable popularity. It contained a number of interesting accounts of the various ideas, sometimes mythical, sometimes intended to be serious, that had been entertained concerning the heavenly bodies and our own earth; with a popular history of the earliest commencement of astronomy among several ancient peoples. It was originally written in the form of conversations between the members of an imaginary party at the seaside. It was thought that this style would hardly be so much appreciated by English as by French readers, and therefore in presenting the materials of the French author in an English dress the conversational form has been abandoned. Several facts of extreme interest in relation to the early astronomical myths and the development of the science among the ancients having been brought to light, especially by the researches of Mr. Haliburton, a considerable amount of new matter, including the whole chapter on the Pleiades, has been introduced, which makes the present issue not exactly a translation, but rather a book founded on the French author's work. It is hoped that it may be found of interest to those who care to know about the early days of the oldest of our sciences, which is now attracting general attention again by the magnitude of its recent advances. Astronomy also, in early days, as will be seen by a perusal of this book, was so mixed up with all the affairs of life, and contributed so much even to religion, that a history of its beginnings is found to reveal the origin of several of our ideas and habits, now apparently quite unconnected with the science. There is matter of interest here, therefore, for those who wish to know only the history of the general ideas of mankind.

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