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The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals As Solar Observatories
The Sun in the Church Cathedrals As Solar Observatories
Author: J. L. Heilbron
Between 1650 and 1750, four Catholic churches were the best solar observatories in the world. Built to fix an unquestionable date for Easter, they also housed instruments that threw light on the disputed geometry of the solar system, and so, within sight of the altar, subverted Church doctrine about the order of the universe. A tale of political...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674854338
ISBN-10: 0674854330
Publication Date: 10/15/1999
Pages: 366
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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