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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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ISBN 978-1-4419-6802-9
e-ISBN 978-1-4419-6803-6
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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