Author : William Sheehan
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 13,28 MB
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0816531641
Book Description
Winner of the Astronomy Book of the Year from Mercury Magazine (Astronomical Society of the Pacific), Planets and Perception is a provocative book that will intrigue anyone who has ever looked through a telescope. Drawing on both astronomical and psychological data, William Sheehan offers the first systematic analysis of the perceptual and cognitive factors that go into the initial structuring of a planetary image and its subsequent elaboration. Sheehan details the development of lunar and planetary astronomy, underscoring perceptual and psychological themes.