Sirius: Brightest Diamond in the Night Sky, Jay B. Holberg's 2007 study from Springer Praxis, is a scholarly astronomical history of the star Sirius by an astrophysicist, covering both its observational history and its cultural significance across civilizations. Its strength is that it combines the author's own professional astronomical expertise with careful historical research into the star's cultural record. Its limit is that a single volume covering both astronomy and wide-ranging cultural history necessarily treats any one culture's Sirius traditions relatively briefly; a claim about a specific tradition's use of the star should be checked against dedicated scholarship on that tradition.
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Jay B. Holberg's Sirius: Brightest Diamond in the Night Sky, published by Springer Praxis in 2007, the top tier reflecting a scholarly astronomical history of the star by an astrophysicist, covering both its observational history and its cultural significance, combining professional astronomical expertise with careful historical research. Its limit is that a single volume covering both astronomy and wide-ranging cultural history necessarily treats any one culture's Sirius traditions relatively briefly. NotesScholarly astronomical study of the star Sirius, Springer Praxis, 2007.
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AuthorJay B. Holberg
PublisherSpringer Praxis
Publication Year2007
Source Typeacademic monograph
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Fixed Stars, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
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