The Power of Stars- How Celestial Observations Have Shaped Civilization.pdf

The Power of Stars

Bryan E. Penprase

The Power of Stars

How Celestial Observations

Have Shaped Civilization

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Bryan E. Penprase

Department of Physics & Astronomy

Pomona College

N. College Ave. 610

91711 Claremont

CA, USA

bpenprase@pomona.edu

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DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-6803-6

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Cover illustration : a collage of images including the Welsh megalithic site of Llech y Drybedd , known as a dolmen ,and

perhaps used as a burial site more than 3000 years ago (foreground; photo by author), with star trails from an image of Mauna

Kea (Gemini Observatory/AURA), and background image from the Hubble Ultra-Deep ﬁeld (NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI)

and the HUDF Team).

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