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The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals As Solar Observatories
by Heilbron, J. L
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- ISBN 13
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About This Item
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Large octavo, red cloth spine over cream paper covered boards with gilt title and spine titles. 366 pp. including extensive index, notes and bibliography. Illustrated throughout with black and white diagrams, reproductions, drawings and mathematical proofs. A history of the intersection of science and theology in the Roman Catholic church and its influences on both endeavors, along with details of scientific theories and mathematical proofs of cosmological theories..
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- Title
- The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals As Solar Observatories
- Author
- Heilbron, J. L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0674854330
- ISBN 13
- 9780674854338
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- CATHEDRALS CATHOLIC CHURCH ITALY RELIGION, SUN, OBSERVATION, ASTRONOMY, SOLAR, HELIOCENTRIC, SCIENCE, ARCHITECTURE, ARCHITECT, ESSLESIASTICAL, COSMOLOGY, THEORY, THEOLOGY, HISTORY, MATHEMATICS, MATHEMATICIAN, SCIENTIFIC, TIME, CALENDAR, PLANET, STAR, ORBI
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