Astronomy in Culture -- Cultures of Astronomy. Astronomie...
Wolfschmidt, Gudrun / Hoffmann, Susanne M. / Hoffmann, Susanne M. / Wolfschmidt, Gudrun This book "Astronomy in Culture - Cultures of Astronomy" provides a cultural history of astronomy. After a keynote on the efforts to protect the dark sky as an intangible global heritage admired of all cultures under the World Heritage Convention, tangible places of astronomical heritage are described. Archaeoastronomical sites from different continents and astronomical observatories from the late Middle Ages to the 21st century are presented ...