LEADER 03089nam 2200553Ia 450 001 9910437976203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a88-470-2829-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-88-470-2829-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000389322 035 $a(EBL)1317503 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000936125 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11507555 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000936125 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10961268 035 $a(PQKB)10534002 035 $a(DE-He213)978-88-470-2829-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1317503 035 $z(PPN)200510045 035 $a(PPN)170493857 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000389322 100 $a20130705d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStamping through astronomy /$fRenato Dicati 205 $a1st ed. 2013. 210 $aMilan ;$aNew York $cSpringer$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (376 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a88-470-2828-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1 The origins of Astronomy -- 2 The ancients? Astronomy -- 3 Medieval Astronomy -- 4 The revival of Astronomy and the Copernican revolution -- 5 Galileo and the new views of the sky -- 6 The Mechanical Universe -- 7 The development of instrumentation -- 8 Observations and discoveries in the Solar System -- 9 The advent of Astrophysics -- 10 The discovery of the Universe -- 11 The new astronomies. . 330 $aStamps and other postal documents are an attractive vehicle for presenting astronomy and its development. Written with expertise and great enthusiasm, this unique book offers a historical and philatelic survey of astronomy and some related topics on space exploration. It contains more than 1300 color reproductions of stamps relating to the history of astronomy, ranging from the earliest observations of the sky to modern research conducted with satellites and space probes. Featured are the astronomers and astrophysicists who contributed to this marvelous story ? not only Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Newton, Herschel, and Einstein but also hundreds of other minor protagonists who played an important role in the development of this, the most ancient yet the most modern of all the sciences. The book also examines in depth the diverse areas which have contributed to the history of astronomy, including the instrumentation, the theories, and the observations. Many stamps illustrate the beauty and the mystery of celestial objects: galaxies, nebulae, stars, planets, satellites, comets, and minor celestial bodies. 606 $aAstronomy$xHistory 606 $aAstronomy on postage stamps 615 0$aAstronomy$xHistory. 615 0$aAstronomy on postage stamps. 676 $a769.564952 700 $aDicati$b Renato$f1950-$0825027 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910437976203321 996 $aStamping Through Astronomy$92044221 997 $aUNINA