"Astronomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The science concerned with celestial bodies and the observation and interpretation of the radiation received in the vicinity of the earth from the component parts of the universe (McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D001256
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H01.671.065
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Astronomy" by people in Profiles.
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Training the intelligent eye: understanding illustrations in early modern astronomy texts. Isis. 2013 Sep; 104(3):429-70.