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  2. The Astronomer (Vermeer) - Wikipedia

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    The Geographer used the same model and other elements as The Astronomer. Portrayals of scientists were a favourite topic in 17th-century Dutch painting [1] and Vermeer's oeuvre includes both this astronomer and the slightly later The Geographer. Both are believed to portray the same man, [2] [3] [4] possibly Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. [5]

  3. The Stars: A New Way to See Them - Wikipedia

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    The Stars: A New Way to See Them is an astronomy book by H. A. Rey. It was first published in 1952 (Houghton Mifflin, Boston) and revised in 1962. It was updated again in 1997. Other editions were: Chatto and Windus, London, 1975; "A New Way to see the Stars", Paul Hamlyn, London, 1966; Enl. World-wide ed. Houghton Mifflin, 1967.

  4. Mysterium Cosmographicum - Wikipedia

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    Mysterium Cosmographicum (lit.The Cosmographic Mystery, [note 1] alternately translated as Cosmic Mystery, The Secret of the World, or some variation) is an astronomy book by the German astronomer Johannes Kepler, published at Tübingen in late 1596 [1] [note 2] and in a second edition in 1621.

  5. The Astronomer - Wikipedia

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    The Astronomer may refer to: Vita Hludovici or the "Limousin Astronomer", the anonymous author of the Vita Hludovici, a biography of Holy Roman Emperor Louis the Pious; The Astronomer, a 1668 oil painting by the 17th century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer; The Astronomer, a character in the Wild Cards book series

  6. Almagest - Wikipedia

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    Book III covers the length of the year, and the motion of the Sun. Ptolemy explains Hipparchus' discovery of the precession of the equinoxes and begins explaining the theory of epicycles. Books IV and V cover the motion of the Moon, lunar parallax, the motion of the lunar apogee, and the sizes and distances of the Sun and Moon relative to the ...

  7. Astronomia nova - Wikipedia

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    Astronomia nova (English: New Astronomy, full title in original Latin: Astronomia Nova ΑΙΤΙΟΛΟΓΗΤΟΣ seu physica coelestis, tradita commentariis de motibus stellae Martis ex observationibus G.V. Tychonis Brahe) [1] [2] is a book, published in 1609, that contains the results of the astronomer Johannes Kepler's ten-year-long investigation of the motion of Mars.

  8. The Book of Fixed Stars - Wikipedia

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    Since it was only correct for the single year of 964, the Book of Fixed Stars was intended to serve a broader educational purpose, rather than being concerned with the mathematical technicalities of astronomy. [8] The Book of Fixed Stars is representative of the concerns of Islamic scholars during the late-9th to 11th centuries, where following ...

  9. Robert Burnham Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Robert Burnham Jr. (June 16, 1931 – March 20, 1993) was an American astronomer, best known for writing the classic three-volume Burnham's Celestial Handbook. [1] [2] He discovered numerous asteroids, including the Mars crossing asteroid 3397 Leyla, and six comets.