The National Library of Argentina: exhibiting astronomy-related rare books
Abstract
Astronomical and cosmological knowledge up to the dawn of modern science was profoundly embedded in myth, religion and superstition. Many of these inventions of the human mind remain today stored in different supports: medieval engravings, illuminated manuscripts, and of course also in old and rare books.
- Publication:
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The Role of Astronomy in Society and Culture
- Pub Date:
- June 2011
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921311003346
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0911.0298
- Bibcode:
- 2011IAUS..260E..14G
- Keywords:
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- Astronomy;
- history of science;
- public exhibition;
- Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics;
- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- to appear in The Role of Astronomy in Society and Culture: Proceedings of the IAU Symposium 260, D. Valls-Gabaud and A. Boksenberg (eds), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, IAU Symposia Series