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Patrick Moore's Millennium Yearbook: The View from AD 1001

AUTHOR Chapman, Allan; Moore, Patrick
PUBLISHER Springer (10/22/1999)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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In a year that will probably be remembered almost as much for books about the millennium as for the turn of 2000 A.D itself, Patrick Moore's Millennium Yearbook celebrates.....well, the wrong millennium! This thoroughly entertaining book - which is for everyone, not just astronomers - contains articles on King Alfred's chronological work, reviews of the new Star Catalogue by the Arab Al-Sufi and the latest edition of Ptolemy's Almagast. And foreshadowing the change to metric units by 1000 years, the book uses arabic numbers instead of Roman - but there is a conversion table if you have trouble with the idea of "zero" and prefer the older system.
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ISBN-13: 9781852336196
ISBN-10: 1852336196
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 100
Carton Quantity: 70
Product Dimensions: 6.11 x 0.32 x 9.19 inches
Weight: 0.58 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
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BISAC Categories
Science | Space Science - Astronomy
Science | Physics - Astrophysics
Dewey Decimal: 520.902
Library of Congress Control Number: 99037448
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In a year that will probably be remembered almost as much for books about the millennium as for the turn of 2000 A.D itself, Patrick Moore's Millennium Yearbook celebrates.....well, the wrong millennium! This thoroughly entertaining book - which is for everyone, not just astronomers - contains articles on King Alfred's chronological work, reviews of the new Star Catalogue by the Arab Al-Sufi and the latest edition of Ptolemy's Almagast. And foreshadowing the change to metric units by 1000 years, the book uses arabic numbers instead of Roman - but there is a conversion table if you have trouble with the idea of "zero" and prefer the older system.
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