The history of the sky. ancient world. Flammarion K.

Books of Camille Flammarion (1842-1925) - a French astronomer, a well -known popularizer of this science - are still an example of popular science literature on astronomy. Written in the form of cognitive conversations, they are read as an exciting novel and are designed for the widest audience. The first part of the trilogy “The History of Heaven: Ancient World” tells how the astronomical knowledge of mankind arose, how the constellations familiar to us from childhood, which people and why this or that name is being attributed. The following books “History of Heaven: Antiquity” and “The History of Heaven: Christianity” are devoted to the contribution of ancient and Christian civilizations to the formation of astronomical knowledge.