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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Mark KidgerPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Volume: 5148 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.624kg ISBN: 9780691654225ISBN 10: 0691654220 Pages: 318 Publication Date: 21 March 2017 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2000 An easily accessible style permits readers with minimal scientific training to share in the excitement of Kidger's rare feat of scholarly sleuthing... Kidger will not only convince all doubters, but his book will reset the terms for future attempts to put the scriptural Star in scientific context. --Booklist Plenty of new and old data about the night sky and more than a little ancient history inform Kidger's clear account of his own and other's theories about the portent that led the Magi to Judea. --Publisher's Weekly Stunningly, incredibly wonderfully an astronomer is now claiming that the age old story we were told as children may be based on the truth... I am inclined to agree with him. [This is] the most compelling solution yet to the mystery. --Robert Matthew, The Express Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |