Books on the History of Astronomy

The Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy
Cambridge University Press 1999.

The Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy. With different chapters written by experts in the field, this is a superb history of astronomy. There is little which explicitly bears on the history of astrology, although given that the two subjects were so closely intertwined, most of the book is relevant until we come to the present day.


The Cambridge Illustrated History of Astronomy by Michael Hoskin (ed.) Cambridge University Press 1997, Michael Hoskin (ed.), This is the basis of the the 1999 edition (above) but with illustrations.

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The Fontana History of Astronomy and Cosmology, John North,Harper Collins 1992.
 This is an excellent survey of western astronomy's development from prehistoric times to the present day.

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