Planets and Perception: Telescopic Views and Interpretations, 1609-1909 Opera & Classical Nearly two thousand years have

Nearly two thousand years have passed since the Son of man taught the way

ISBN13: 9781400040766 ISBN10: 1400040760 Material Type: hardcover

It shows where analyses based on identity fall short and

from Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro “Each of the stories in Runaway contains enough lived life to fill a typical novel

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Planets and Perception: Telescopic Views and Interpretations, 1609-1909 Opera & Classical Nearly two thousand years haveDo we really know what we see through a telescope? How does the ocular system construct planetary images, and how does the brain interpret them? Drawing on both astronomical and psychological data, William Sheehan now offers the first systematic analysis of the perceptual and cognitive factors that go into the initial structuring of a planetary image and its subsequent elaboration. Sheehan details the development of lunar and planetary astronomy