INTRODUCTION
Man and the stars
SECTION I
The dawn of astronomy: Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Biblical Cosmos
SECTION II
The cosmos becomes a sphere
SECTION III
The geometry of the cosmos
SECTION IV
The skies of Islam
SECTION V
Evangelisation of the cosmos
SECTION VI
The Renaissance of Astronomy
SECTION VII
Galileo: the cosmos through the telescope
SECTION VIII
From Galileo to Newton
Astral influxes
Atlases, armillary spheres and globes
Observation and measurement instruments
Cosmic machines
Revolution in astronomy
The armillary sphere and the celestial globe
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