East-Asian Archaeoastronomy
Subtitle: Historical Records of Astronomical Observations of China, Japan, and Korea (Earth Space Institute Book Series, Volume 5)
Publisher: CRC
Published: November 17, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9789056993023
Subjects: Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods; Physics; History Of Astronomy; Science; Medical / Nursing; Science/Mathematics; East Asia, Far East; Astronomy - General; General; Science / Physics
First sentence: Recent archaeological discoveries indicate that the origins of Chinese astronomy can be dated at least to the 6th millennium BP.