TY - BOOK AU - Pecker,Jean Claude TI - Understanding the heavens : : thirty centuries of astronomical idea s from ancient thinking to modern cosmology / SN - 3540631984 (alk. paper) U1 - 520.9 21 PY - 2001/// CY - Berlin ; , New York : , New York : PB - Springer, KW - Astronomy KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [555]-558) and indexes ER -