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Book Synopsis Astronomy and History Selected Essays by : O. Neugebauer
Download or read book Astronomy and History Selected Essays written by O. Neugebauer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collection of papers assembled here on a variety of topics in ancient and medieval astronomy was originally suggested by Noel Swerdlow of the University of Chicago. He was also instrumental in making a selection* which would, in general, be on the same level as my book The Exact Sciences in Antiquity. It may also provide a general background for my more technical History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy and for my edition of Astronomi cal Cuneiform Texts. Several of these republished articles were written because I wanted to put to rest well-entrenched historical myths which could not withstand close scrutiny of the sources. Examples are the supposed astronomical origin of the Egyptian calendar (see [9]), the discovery of precession by the Babylonians [16], and the "simplification" of the Ptolemaic system in Copernicus' De Revolutionibus [40]. In all of my work I have striven to present as accurately as I could what the original sources reveal (which is often very different from the received view). Thus, in [32] discussion of the technical terminology illuminates the meaning of an ancient passage which has been frequently misused to support modern theories about ancient heliocentrism; in [33] an almost isolated instance reveals how Greek world-maps really looked; and in [43] the Alexandrian Easter computus, held in awe by many historians, is shown from Ethiopic sources to be based on very simple procedures.
Book Synopsis Astronomical Essays Historical and Descriptive by : John Ellard Gore
Download or read book Astronomical Essays Historical and Descriptive written by John Ellard Gore and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Essays on Astronomy by : Richard Anthony Proctor
Download or read book Essays on Astronomy written by Richard Anthony Proctor and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gathering of essays from various scientific journals by the noted British astronomer, Richard A. Proctor (1837-88). Proctor was the author of more than 40 books on the subject and is credited with popularizing astronomy in the 19th century. He was the first to suggest that lunar craters were the result of meteor impacts and not volcanic activity and won recogition for his 1867 map of the surface of Mars showing continents, seas, bays and straits. This book contains essays on subjects including: Sir John Herschel; the planet Mars; Saturn's rings; meteors and shooting stars; the zodiacal light; the solar corona; the sun's journey through space; distribution of the nebulae; a new theory of the Milky Way; the diurnal rotation of Mars; the proper motion of the Sun; the transit of Venus in 1874 and many other subjects. The illustrations include a handsome frontis lithograph of Saturn and its rings and there is also a folding plan of the orbits of Earth and Mars and 5 folding charts showing various stages of the transit of Venus in 1874. There are 3 full-page polar and equatorial maps on black paper showing distribution of Nebulae.
Book Synopsis Essays on Medieval Computational Astronomy by : José Chabás Bergón
Download or read book Essays on Medieval Computational Astronomy written by José Chabás Bergón and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-11-13 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Essays on Medieval Computational Astronomy the authors provide examples of original and intelligent approaches and solutions given by medieval astronomers to the problems of their discipline, mostly presented in the form of astronomical tables.
Book Synopsis Space and Time by : David C. Wright, Jr.,
Download or read book Space and Time written by David C. Wright, Jr., and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-04-19 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays in this work examine treatments of history in science fiction and fantasy television programs from a variety of disciplinary and methodological perspectives. Some essays approach science fiction and fantasy television as primary evidence, demonstrating how such programs consciously or unconsciously elucidate persistent concerns and enduring ideals of a past era and place. Other essays study television as secondary evidence, investigating how popular media construct and communicate narratives about past events.
Book Synopsis Essays on Astronomy ... by : Richard Anthony Proctor
Download or read book Essays on Astronomy ... written by Richard Anthony Proctor and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Astronomical Essays by : George Vincent Leahy
Download or read book Astronomical Essays written by George Vincent Leahy and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Astronomical and Geographical Essays by : George Adams
Download or read book Astronomical and Geographical Essays written by George Adams and published by . This book was released on 1789 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Expanse of Heaven by : Richard Anthony Proctor
Download or read book The Expanse of Heaven written by Richard Anthony Proctor and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Essays On Astronomy by : Richard A. Proctor
Download or read book Essays On Astronomy written by Richard A. Proctor and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Astronomical and Geographical Essays by : George Adams
Download or read book Astronomical and Geographical Essays written by George Adams and published by . This book was released on 1812 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Expanse of Heaven: a Series of Essays on the Wonders of the Firmanent by : Richard Anthony Proctor
Download or read book The Expanse of Heaven: a Series of Essays on the Wonders of the Firmanent written by Richard Anthony Proctor and published by London ; New York : Longmans, Green. This book was released on 1902 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Poetry of Astronomy by : Richard Anthony Proctor
Download or read book The Poetry of Astronomy written by Richard Anthony Proctor and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Distances of the Stars - And Other Essays on Astronomy by : Camille Flammarion
Download or read book Distances of the Stars - And Other Essays on Astronomy written by Camille Flammarion and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicolas Camille Flammarion FRAS (1842–1925) was a French author and astronomer. A prolific writer, he produced over fifty books including science fiction novels, works on astronomy, and works on physical research. This volume contains a collection of vintage articles written by Flammarion on the subject of astronomy, originally appearing in various publications including “Les Distances des Toiles in La Nature”, “La Natur”, and “Popular Science Monthly”. A fantastic collection of classic articles that will appeal to those with a keen interest in the history of astronomy. Contents include: “Mars, by the Latest Observations”, “Past and Future of a Constellation”, “Distances of the Stars”, “How the Earth was Regarded in Old Times”, “The System of Sirius, and Solar Systems Different from Ours”, and “The Intra-Mercurial Planets”. Other titles by this author include: “The Plurality of Inhabited Worlds” (1862), “Real and Imaginary Worlds” (1865), and “God in Nature” (1866). Vintage Astronomy Classics is proudly publishing this brand new collection of classic articles for the enjoyment of a new generation of astronomy lovers.
Book Synopsis The Emerging Universe by : Kenneth C. Jacobs
Download or read book The Emerging Universe written by Kenneth C. Jacobs and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 1972 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Astronomy 101 by : Carolyn Collins Petersen
Download or read book Astronomy 101 written by Carolyn Collins Petersen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the curiosities of our galaxy with this comprehensive, digestible guide to astronomy! Too often, textbooks obscure the beauty and wonder of outer space with tedious discourse that even Galileo would oppose. Astronomy 101 cuts out the boring details and lengthy explanations, and instead, gives you a lesson in astronomy that keeps you engaged as you discover what's hidden beyond our starry sky. From the Big Bang and nebulae to the Milky Way and Sir Isaac Newton, this celestial primer is packed with hundreds of entertaining astronomy facts, charts, and photographs you won't be able to get anywhere else. So whether you’re looking to unravel the mystery behind black holes, or just want to learn more about your favorite planets, Astronomy 101 has all the answers—even the ones you didn’t know you were looking for.
Book Synopsis Essays on Astronomy by : Richard A. Proctor
Download or read book Essays on Astronomy written by Richard A. Proctor and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Essays on Astronomy: A Series of Papers on Planets and Meteors, the Sun and Sun-Surrounding Space, Stars and Star Cloudlets; And a Dissertation on the Approaching Transits of Venus, Preceded by Sketch of the Life and Work of Sir John Herschel I have collected into the present volume those essays to which I have had most frequently to refer in other works, and particularly in 'The Sun' and 'Other Worlds than Ours.' A certain degree of inconvenience is occasioned to readers when references are made to articles published in different serials, and still more when the reference is to essays published in the 'Proceedings' of scientific societies. It therefore seemed to me desirable to gather together these scattered papers, and, after submitting them to careful revision, to publish them in a single volume. To this course I was further encouraged by the welcome extended to my 'Light Science for Leisure Hours,' in which a series of papers covering a somewhat wider range of subjects had been similarly collected. The first three essays in the present volume (though the third is entitled, simply, The Study of Astronomy) relate to the life and work of the great astronomer and philosopher whose loss science has recently had to deplore. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
