coperni

An ancient Mayan Copernicus

For more than 120 years the Venus Table of the Dresden Codex -- an ancient Mayan book containing astronomical data -- has been of great interest to scholars around the world. The accuracy of its observations, especially the calculation of a kind of 'leap year' in the Mayan Calendar, was deemed an impressive curiosity used primarily for astrology.

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  • Paleontology & Archaeology

coperni

Finding our place in the solar system: the scientific story of the Copernican revolution / Todd Timberlake (Berry College, [Mount Berry], Georgia), Paul Wallace (Agnes Scott College, Decatur [Georgia])

Hayden Library - QB351.T56 2019