Book Description
Proceedings of the Joint Discussion-17 at the 23rd IAU General Assembly, organised by the Commission 41, held in Kyoto, Japan, August 25-26, 1997
Author : S.M. Ansari
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 10,14 MB
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401598622
Proceedings of the Joint Discussion-17 at the 23rd IAU General Assembly, organised by the Commission 41, held in Kyoto, Japan, August 25-26, 1997
Author : S. M. Ansari
Publisher :
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 34,41 MB
Release : 2014-01-15
Category :
ISBN : 9789401598637
Author : A. K. Bag
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,40 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Astronomy, Arab
ISBN :
Author : Wayne Orchiston
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 21,6 MB
Release : 2021-08-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 3030627772
This edited volume contains 24 different research papers by members of the History and Heritage Working Group of the Southeast Asian Astronomy Network. The chapters were prepared by astronomers from Australia, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Scotland, Sweden, Thailand and Vietnam. They represent the latest understanding of cultural and scientific interchange in the region over time, from ethnoastronomy to archaeoastronomy and more. Gathering together researchers from various locales, this volume enabled new connections to be made in service of building a more holistic vision of astronomical history in Southeast Asia, which boasts a proud and deep tradition.
Author : Wayne Orchiston
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 659 pages
File Size : 25,67 MB
Release : 2011-08-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 1441981616
With just 400 pages, this title provides readers with the results of recent research from some of the world's leading historians of astronomy on aspects of Arabic, Australian, Chinese, Japanese, and North and South American astronomy and astrophysics. Of particular note are the sections on Arabic astronomy, Asian applied astronomy and the history of Australian radio astronomy, and the chapter on Peruvian astronomy. This title is of particular appeal to those with research interests in applied historical astronomy; archaeoastronomy; calendars, manuscripts, and star charts; historical instruments and observatories, and the history of radio astronomy.
Author : Christopher Cullen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 38,38 MB
Release : 1996-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0521550890
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Author : Shigeru Nakayama
Publisher :
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 42,57 MB
Release : 1969-01
Category : Astronomie - Histoire - Japon
ISBN : 9780196265339
Author : Zhenoao Xu
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 25,63 MB
Release : 2000-11-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789056993023
Historical astronomical records can play an important role in modern research, especially in the case of ancient Chinese observational data: sunspot and aurora records are important for the study of solar variability; solar and lunar eclipse records for the study of the Earth's rotation; records of Comet Hally for the study of orbital evolution; "guest star" records for the study of supernova remnants; planetary conjunction records for research in astronomical chronology. In the past, Western scientists have not been able to exploit these valuable data fully because the original records were difficult to gather and interpret, and complete English translations have not been available. East-Asian Archaeoastronomy is the first comprehensive translation into English of such historical records for modern research. The book also features an introduction to East Asian astronomy and offers guidance on how to use the records effectively. It will not only be a valuable research tool for astronomers but should also be of great interest to historians of China and Chinese science.
Author : Anton Pannekoek
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 31,52 MB
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0486659941
Well-balanced, carefully reasoned study covers such topics as Ptolemaic theory, work of Copernicus, Kepler, Newton, Eddington's work on stars, much more. Illustrated. References.
Author : Christopher Cullen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 30,7 MB
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1317327195
The Foundations of Celestial Reckoning gives the reader direct access to the foundational documents of the tradition of calculation created by astronomers of the early Chinese empire between the late second century BCE and the third century CE. The paradigm they established was to shape East Asian thought and practice in the field of mathematical astronomy for centuries to come. It was in many ways radically different from better known traditions of astronomy in other parts of the ancient world. This book includes full English translations of the first three systems of mathematical astronomy adopted for use by imperial astronomical officials, together with introductory material explaining the origin and nature of each system, and a general introduction to the work as a whole. The translations, which are accompanied by the original Chinese text, give a consistent rendering of all technical terms, and include detailed explanatory notes. The text in which the second of the three systems is found also includes a unique collection of documents compiled around 178 CE by two experts in the field, one of whom was the author of the third system translated in this book. Using material transcribed from government archives of the two preceding centuries, these scholars carefully document and review controversies and large-scale official debates on astronomical matters up to their own time. Nothing equivalent in detail and clarity has survived from any other ancient culture. The availability of the totality of this material in English opens new perspectives to all historians of pre-modern astronomy.