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Author : John William Norie
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Explanation and Use of the Planisphaerium Coeleste, Or Maps of Zodiacal Stars written by John William Norie and published by . This book was released on 1810 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nick Kanas
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030136132
Total Pages : 563 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Star Maps written by Nick Kanas and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the beauty and awe of the heavens through the rich celestial prints and star atlases offered in this third edition book. The author traces the development of celestial cartography from ancient to modern times, describes the relationships between different star maps and atlases, and relates these notions to our changing ideas about humanity’s place in the universe. Also covered in this book are more contemporary cosmological ideas, constellation representations, and cartographic advances. The text is enriched with 226 images (141 in color) from actual, antiquarian celestial books and atlases, each one with an explanation of unique astronomical and cartographic features. This never-before-available hardcover edition includes two new chapters on pictorial style maps and celestial images in art, as well over 50 new images. Additionally, the color plates are now incorporated directly into the text, providing readers with a vibrant, immersive look into the history of star maps.
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Total Pages : 892 pages
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Download or read book Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1801-1815 written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tomás J. Filsinger
Publisher : Celestial Arts Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780890876022
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (76 download)
Download or read book Celestial Planisphere written by Tomás J. Filsinger and published by Celestial Arts Publishing Company. This book was released on 1990-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A glow-in-the-dark poster that shows the night sky as seen from the northern and southern hemispheres of earth includes images of the Milky Way, local galaxies, galaxy clusters, the twenty-five nearest stars, and the stars of the zodiac.
Author : John C. Barentine
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319227955
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)
Download or read book The Lost Constellations written by John C. Barentine and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-23 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Casual stargazers are familiar with many classical figures and asterisms composed of bright stars (e.g., Orion and the Plough), but this book reveals not just the constellations of today but those of yesteryear. The history of the human identification of constellations among the stars is explored through the stories of some influential celestial cartographers whose works determined whether new inventions survived. The history of how the modern set of 88 constellations was defined by the professional astronomy community is recounted, explaining how the constellations described in the book became permanently “extinct.” Dr. Barentine addresses why some figures were tried and discarded, and also directs observers to how those figures can still be picked out on a clear night if one knows where to look. These lost constellations are described in great detail using historical references, enabling observers to rediscover them on their own surveys of the sky. Treatment of the obsolete constellations as extant features of the night sky adds a new dimension to stargazing that merges history with the accessibility and immediacy of the night sky.
Author : Matteo Valleriani
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030308332
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)
Download or read book De Sphaera of Johannes de Sacrobosco in the Early Modern Period written by Matteo Valleriani and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book explores commentaries on an influential text of pre-Copernican astronomy in Europe. It features essays that take a close look at key intellectuals and how they engaged with the main ideas of this qualitative introduction to geocentric cosmology. Johannes de Sacrobosco compiled his Tractatus de sphaera during the thirteenth century in the frame of his teaching activities at the then recently founded University of Paris. It soon became a mandatory text all over Europe. As a result, a tradition of commentaries to the text was soon established and flourished until the second half of the 17th century. Here, readers will find an informative overview of these commentaries complete with a rich context. The essays explore the educational and social backgrounds of the writers. They also detail how their careers developed after the publication of their commentaries, the institutions and patrons they were affiliated with, what their agenda was, and whether and how they actually accomplished it. The editor of this collection considers these scientific commentaries as genuine scientific works. The contributors investigate them here not only in reference to the work on which it comments but also, and especially, as independent scientific contributions that are socially, institutionally, and intellectually contextualized around their authors.
Author : Nick Kanas
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461409179
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)
Download or read book Star Maps written by Nick Kanas and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until the publication of the first edition of 'Star Maps,' books were either general histories of astronomy using examples of antiquarian celestial maps as illustrations, or catalogs of celestial atlases that failed to trace the flow of sky map development over time. The second edition focuses on the development of contemporary views of the heavens and advances in map-making. It captures the beauty and awe of the heavens through images from antiquarian celestial prints and star atlases. This book uniquely combines a number of features: 1) the history of celestial cartography is traced from ancient to modern times; 2) this development is integrated with contemporary cosmological systems; 3) the artistry of sky maps is shown using beautiful color images from actual celestial atlases and prints; 4) each illustration is accompanied by a legend explaining what is being shown; and 5) the text is written for the lay reader based on the author's experience with writing articles for amateur astronomy and map collector magazines. This updated second edition of 'Star Maps' contains over 50 new pages of text and 44 new images (16 in color), including completely new sections on celestial frontispieces, deep-sky objects, playing card maps, additional cartographers, and modern computerized star maps. There is also expanded material about celestial globes, volvelles, telescopes, and planets and asteroids.
Author : Xiaochun Sun
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004488758
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)
Download or read book The Chinese Sky during the Han written by Xiaochun Sun and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-09-13 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reconstruction of the Chinese sky of two thousand years ago, based on analysis of the first star catalogue in China and other sources. Presented in six well-sized star maps for 100 BC, it is especially important for the history of astronomy. The Han sky, with five times more constellations than Ptolemy knew, reflects diverse human activities. The way in which constellations were grouped discloses a systematic cosmology, uniting universe and the state. The work of the three Han schools is comparable to Ptolemy's Almagest. With three detailed Appendices on the constellations of the three schools, well illustrated to demonstrate the relation between sky and human society, this book is valuable not only for astronomy historians and sinologists, but in general for scholars interested in the ancient cultures of Asia.
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Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Encyclopaedia Londinensis, Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, Comprehending, Under One General Alphabetical Arrangement, All the Words and Substance of Every Kind of Dictionary Extant in the English Language ... Embellished by a ... Set of Copper-plate Engravings ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1810 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Inga Elmqvist Söderlund
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ISBN 13 : 9789171901378
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Taking Possession of Astronomy written by Inga Elmqvist Söderlund and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Clark Ridpath
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Total Pages : 884 pages
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Download or read book Ridpath's History of the World written by John Clark Ridpath and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : British Library
Publisher : Serindia Publications, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781932476132
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (761 download)
Download or read book The Silk Road written by British Library and published by Serindia Publications, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anna Southgate
Publisher : Sterling Publishing (NY)
ISBN 13 : 9781454925811
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (258 download)
Download or read book The Art of Astrology written by Anna Southgate and published by Sterling Publishing (NY). This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A detailed introduction to the signs of the zodiac and how they affect our everyday lives--as well as their roots in ancient history. Includes fascinating profiles of the signs of both Chinese and Western astrology: their character traits, likes and dislikes, career aptitude, financial prospects, and health. Discover your ideal astrological match in love, marriage, and business."--Page 4 of cover.
Author : David Ovason
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448164656
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)
Download or read book The Book Of The Eclipse written by David Ovason and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As David Ovason shows, eclipse have always marked turning points in history and in the lives of individuals: the foundation of Rome, the crucifixion, the saving of the live of Christopher Columbus, the foundation of Washington DC, the death of Diana, Princess of Wales and even the future fall from grace of President Clinton are among Ovason's many examples. Ovason also shows how stone circles were linked to eclipses and how these events have always been supposed by initiates to create shadow-tunnels into the spiritual world, allowing special possibilities of communication with the spiritual world.
Author : P. Zambelli
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9401734674
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Speculum Astronomiae and Its Enigma written by P. Zambelli and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-12-21 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The attribution of the Speculum Astronomiae to Albertus Magnus became a controversial issue only recently, when the great neo-Thomist historian Pierre Mandonnet suggested -- without any antecedents -- that the author was Roger Bacon rather than Albert. Mandonnet's theses were refuted by Lynn Thorndike and have since then been the subject of widespread discussion. The present historiographical case-study considers this debate in the light of an analysis of texts by Albert himself, as well as other important authors, such as Bacon, Bonaventura, Thomas Aquinas, Witelo, Campanus of Novara, and others, which shows how widespread the general concept of the influence of the stars and other astrological ideas to be found in the Speculum were. Most of the scientific ideas of the Middle Ages were based on principles derived from the notion of celestial influence and its consequences. The Speculum drew the fundamental outlines of this discipline into a theoretical and bibliographical introduction -- no small achievement -- and was consequently greeted with great interest and used as a standard reference book for many centuries. Set against the background of discussions taking place in the 1260s, within the Dominican Order as well as in the Faculties of Arts, Zambelli removes all doubt that the Speculum was written by Albert, possibly with some collaboration.
Author : John David North
Publisher : W. W. Norton
ISBN 13 : 9780393311938
Total Pages : 697 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (119 download)
Download or read book The Norton History of Astronomy and Cosmology written by John David North and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1994 with total page 697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of astronomy and the universe
Author : O. M. Mitchel
Publisher : Sagwan Press
ISBN 13 : 9781340384708
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (847 download)
Download or read book The Geography of the Heavens: And Class Book of Astronomy Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas written by O. M. Mitchel and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2015-08-26 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
