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The National Library of Argentina: exhibiting astronomy–related rare books

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2011

Alejandro Gangui
Alejandro Gangui*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio / CONICET, Ciudad Universitaria, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina. email: gangui@df.uba.ar Centro de Formación e Investigación en la Enseñanza de las Ciencias, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Abstract

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Astronomical and cosmological knowledge up to the dawn of modern science was profoundly embedded in myth, religion and superstition. Many of these inventions of the human mind remain today stored in different supports: medieval engravings, illuminated manuscripts, and of course also in old and rare books.

Keywords

Astronomyhistory of sciencepublic exhibition
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S260: The Role of Astronomy in Society and Culture , January 2009 , E14
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

References

Gangui, A. 2008, Poética Astronómica: El cosmos de Dante Alighieri (Buenos Aires: Fondo de Cultura Económica)Google Scholar