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A scheme of heaven : astrology and the birth of science, Alexander Boxer
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- Summary
- Despite a resurgence in popularity, horoscopes are generally considered to be pseudoscience today - but they were once a cutting-edge scientific tool. In this ingenious work of history, data scientist Alexander Boxer examines a treasure trove of esoteric classical sources to expose the deep imaginative framework by which - for millennia - we made sense of our fates. Astrology, he argues, was the ancient world's most ambitious applied mathematics problem, a grand data-analysis enterprise sustained by some of history's most brilliant minds, from Ptolemy to al-Kindi to Kepler. A Scheme of Heaven explores the wonderful subtleties of astrological ideas. Telling the stories of their inventors and most influential exponents, Boxer puts them through their paces using modern data sets - finding that the methods of today's scientists are often uncomfortably close to those of astrology's ancient sages
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 319 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- To everything there is a season
- From obscure beginnings : Amarna, Egypt, 1338 BC
- A quick spin around the celestial sphere : Syracuse, Sicily, 212 BC
- Signs from above : Marcus Manilius and the traits of the zodiac : Rome, 44 BC
- Claudius Ptolemy's astrological travel guide : Ultima Thule, 79-- How unique is a horoscope? Vettius Valens and the gospel of fate : Alexandria, Egypt, 139
- Patterns, patterns, everywhere! Masha'Allah's astrological history of the world : Baghdad, 762
- When you wish upon a star, which algorithm should you use? Guido Bonatti's astrological wheel of fortune : Mount Ventoux, France, 1336
- What's in a name? Astronomers, astrologers, and mathematicians : Herrevad Abbey, Denmark (now Sweden), 1572
- Big astrology : Mare Tranquillitatus, The Moon, 1969
- Conclusion: Upon the words of no one
- Isbn
- 9781781259634
- Label
- A scheme of heaven : astrology and the birth of science
- Title
- A scheme of heaven
- Title remainder
- astrology and the birth of science
- Statement of responsibility
- Alexander Boxer
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Despite a resurgence in popularity, horoscopes are generally considered to be pseudoscience today - but they were once a cutting-edge scientific tool. In this ingenious work of history, data scientist Alexander Boxer examines a treasure trove of esoteric classical sources to expose the deep imaginative framework by which - for millennia - we made sense of our fates. Astrology, he argues, was the ancient world's most ambitious applied mathematics problem, a grand data-analysis enterprise sustained by some of history's most brilliant minds, from Ptolemy to al-Kindi to Kepler. A Scheme of Heaven explores the wonderful subtleties of astrological ideas. Telling the stories of their inventors and most influential exponents, Boxer puts them through their paces using modern data sets - finding that the methods of today's scientists are often uncomfortably close to those of astrology's ancient sages
- Cataloging source
- UKMGB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Boxer, Alexander
- Dewey number
- 133.509
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Astrology
- Science and astrology
- Astrology
- Discoveries in science
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A scheme of heaven : astrology and the birth of science, Alexander Boxer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- To everything there is a season -- From obscure beginnings : Amarna, Egypt, 1338 BC -- A quick spin around the celestial sphere : Syracuse, Sicily, 212 BC -- Signs from above : Marcus Manilius and the traits of the zodiac : Rome, 44 BC -- Claudius Ptolemy's astrological travel guide : Ultima Thule, 79-- How unique is a horoscope? Vettius Valens and the gospel of fate : Alexandria, Egypt, 139 -- Patterns, patterns, everywhere! Masha'Allah's astrological history of the world : Baghdad, 762 -- When you wish upon a star, which algorithm should you use? Guido Bonatti's astrological wheel of fortune : Mount Ventoux, France, 1336 -- What's in a name? Astronomers, astrologers, and mathematicians : Herrevad Abbey, Denmark (now Sweden), 1572 -- Big astrology : Mare Tranquillitatus, The Moon, 1969 -- Conclusion: Upon the words of no one
- Control code
- 000066439083
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 319 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781781259634
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some colour)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1127096830
- Label
- A scheme of heaven : astrology and the birth of science, Alexander Boxer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- To everything there is a season -- From obscure beginnings : Amarna, Egypt, 1338 BC -- A quick spin around the celestial sphere : Syracuse, Sicily, 212 BC -- Signs from above : Marcus Manilius and the traits of the zodiac : Rome, 44 BC -- Claudius Ptolemy's astrological travel guide : Ultima Thule, 79-- How unique is a horoscope? Vettius Valens and the gospel of fate : Alexandria, Egypt, 139 -- Patterns, patterns, everywhere! Masha'Allah's astrological history of the world : Baghdad, 762 -- When you wish upon a star, which algorithm should you use? Guido Bonatti's astrological wheel of fortune : Mount Ventoux, France, 1336 -- What's in a name? Astronomers, astrologers, and mathematicians : Herrevad Abbey, Denmark (now Sweden), 1572 -- Big astrology : Mare Tranquillitatus, The Moon, 1969 -- Conclusion: Upon the words of no one
- Control code
- 000066439083
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 319 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781781259634
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some colour)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1127096830
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