The book self-styles itself as the first modern book in lunar imaging, allowing people who enjoy playing with astronomy gear the chance to try out their stuff on an easy and bright target. (Image ...

An ancient book on astronomy from the 1500s sold for more than £10,000 ($12,200), as a "private international buyer" triumphed over intense competition at a U.K. auction.

1. On the Heavens, Aristotle (circa 350 b.c.) On the Heavens, written by Aristotle nearly 2,400 years ago, is perhaps the most influential astronomy book in history.This work’s continued ...

Such an arrangement is a breach in the continuity of scientific inquiry, and a grievous fault in a hand-book that makes some pretence to give facts in historical sequence.

A rare 16th Century astronomy book written by a Welshman has sold for £10,000 at auction. A first edition of The Castle of Knowledge by Robert Recorde - the man who also invented the equals sign ...

A rare 16th Century astronomy book written by a Welshman has sold for £10,000 at auction. A first edition of The Castle of Knowledge by Robert Recorde - the man who also invented the equals sign ...

We've searched the cosmos for the best space and astronomy books out there. “Watch the skies!” was a cautious warning announced at the end of the 1951 sci-fi classic, The Thing from Another ...

(1) THERE has long been a need for a general book on celestial mechanics on a smaller scale and at a more accessible price than the standard work of Tisserand, and Prof. Plummer's recent ...

It appears to be a palimpsest. There might be an undiscovered treatise hidden within a Renaissance astronomy book. One of two astronomy books recently donated to the Rochester Institute of ...