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The New Patterns in the Sky
Julius D. W. Staal
其他書名
Myths and Legends of the Stars
出版McDonald and Woodward Publishing Company, 1988
主題Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / AstronomyJuvenile Fiction / Fairy Tales & Folklore / GeneralNature / Sky ObservationScience / Space Science / AstronomySocial Science / Folklore & Mythology
ISBN09399230419780939923045
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=arGqPIrw6twC&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This is a modern classic in the literature of sky lore -- a comprehensive collection of myths, legends, and historical notes about each of the 88 constellations and the sun, moon, Milky Way, and shooting stars. Star maps depict the constellations with outline figures. Written for the non-specialist and widely respected by professional planetarians, this book provides a substantive review of the familiar star lore of classical Southwest Asian and Mediterranean civilisations as well as that of ancient China, South Asia, and traditional societies of northern Eurasia, North and South America, the Pacific Islands, and Australasia. This is one of the must-have books that should be in the library of every enthusiast of mankind's enchantment with the night sky.