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Patrick Moore's Millennium Yearbook
In a year that will probably be remembered almost as much for books about the millennium as for the turn of 2000 A.D itself, Patrick Moore's Millennium Yearbook celebrates...well, the wrong millennium! This thoroughly entertaining book - which is for everyone, not just astronomers - contains articles on King Alfred's chronological work, reviews of the new Star Catalogue by the Arab Al-Sufi and the latest edition of Ptolemy's Almagast. And foreshadowing the change to metric units by 1000 years, the book uses arabic numbers instead of Roman - but there is a conversion table if you have trouble with the idea of "zero" and prefer the older system.
1. The New Millenium and the Christian Calender.- 2. The Sky in 1000: Monthly star charts. Unpredictable events (comets and shooting stars). Some interesting Objects for Observation. Stars we cannot see, remaining below the horizon.- 3. Future Events, 1000-1100.- 4. The Constellation Patterns; new star names.- 5. Reviews: Star Catalogue, by Al-Sufi. New Edition of the Almagast, by Ptolemy.- 6. Article Section: Bode's Astronomical Observations. King Alfred's Chronological Work. Historical Curiosity; the heliocentric theory of Artistarchus of Samis. Modern Astronomical Equipment.- 7. The Future of Astronomy.
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| Pm Supplier | Springer Verlag |
|---|---|
| Pm Publisher | Springer Nature |
| Pm Isbn 10 | 1852336196 |
| Pm Isbn 13 | 9781852336196 |
| Pm Publication Date | 1999-10-22 |
| Pm Width | 156 |
| Pm Author | Moore, Patrick, Chapman, A |
| Pm Height | 6 |
| Pm Longness | 230 |
- Author: Moore, Patrick, Chapman, A
- Page Count: 99
Patrick Moore's Millennium Yearbook
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- Author: Moore, Patrick, Chapman, A
- Page Count: 99
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