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Published by Manohar Book Service, 2008
ISBN 10: 8173045712ISBN 13: 9788173045714
Seller: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
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The fifteen papers collected in this volume are related to the authors investigations into the history of astronomical instruments in India The history of astronomical instrumentation in India is dominated by two mutually contradictory - yut complimentary - currents on the one hand the resilience of certain archaic instruments that held sway for long even after they had become obsolete; on the other Indian astronomers receptivity to exotic instruments from other cultures Hence the title of the volume The Archaic and the Exotic 319 pp.