A history of astronomy Book

Written by Dutch council communist and astronomer Anton Pannekoek this book covers the study of the sky and it's contents from the very beginning. The author starts with Ancient Sumer and goes as far as early radioteloscopy. The most fascinating chapters were those about the period from the fall of Rome until Newton. During this time scientists engaged in all sorts of magical thinking which today seem poetic. Exactly how poetic they were in a time where people could be burned alive for presenting the wrong results is a topic for another book.