Geometrical And Statistical Methods Of Analysis Of Star Configurations Dating Ptolemy S Almagest

Author : A.T. Fomenko
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-31
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781351080705

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Geometrical and Statistical Methods of Analysis of Star Configurations Dating Ptolemy's Almagest by A.T. Fomenko Pdf

This easy-to-follow book offers a statistico-geometrical approach for dating ancient star catalogs. The authors' scientific methods reveal statistical properties of ancient catalogs and overcome the difficulties of their dating originated by the low accuracy of these catalogs. Methods are tested on reliably dated medieval star catalogs and applied to the star catalog of the Almagest. Here, the dating of Ptolemy's famous star catalog is reconsidered and recalculated using modern mathematical techniques.The text provides necessary information from astronomy and astrometry. It also covers the history of observational equipment and methods for measuring coordinates of stars. Many chapters are devoted to the Almagest, from a preliminary analysis to a global statistical processing of the catalog and its basic parts. Mathematics are simplified in this book for easy reading. This book will prove invaluable for mathematicians, astronomers, astrophysicists, specialists in natural sciences, historians interested in mathematical and statistical methods, and second-year mathematics students.Features:

Author : A. T. Fomenko
Publisher : Mithec
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Chronology, Historical
ISBN : 9782913621077

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History: fiction or science?. Chronology 1 by A. T. Fomenko Pdf

The author contends that all generaly accepted historical chronology prior to the 16th century is inaccurate, often off by many hundreds or even thousands of years. Volume 1 of a proposed seven volumes.

Author : Ivan G. Petrovski,Toshiaki Tsujii
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780521760546

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Digital Satellite Navigation and Geophysics by Ivan G. Petrovski,Toshiaki Tsujii Pdf

Your hands-on guide to GNSS theory and applications, with practical case studies and bundled real-time software receiver and signal simulator.

Author : Konstantin Sheiko,Stephen Brown
Publisher : ibidem-Verlag / ibidem Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9783838265650

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History as Therapy: Alternative History and Nationalist Imaginings in Russia by Konstantin Sheiko,Stephen Brown Pdf

This astonishing book explores the delusional imaginings of Russia's past by the pseudo-scientific 'Alternative History' movement. Despite the chaotic collapse of two empires in the last century, Russia's glorious imperial past continues to inspire millions. The lively movement of 'Alternative History', diligently re-writing Russia's past and 'rediscovering' its hidden greatness, has been growing dramatically since the collapse of Communism in 1991. Virtually unknown in the West, these pseudo-historians have published best-selling books, attracted widespread media attention, and are a prominent voice in Internet discussions about Russian and world history. Alternative History claims that Russia is much older than Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome; that the medieval Mongol Empire was in fact a Slav-Turk world empire; and that, in the twentieth century, duplicitous foreign powers stabbed Russia in the back and stole its empire. For its followers the key to Russia's greatness in the future lies in ensuring that Russians understand the true wealth of their past. Alternative history has become a popular therapy for Russians still coming to terms with the reality of Post-Soviet life. It is one of the forces shaping a new Russian nationalism and an important factor in the geopolitics of the twenty-first century.

Author : Konstantin Sheiko
Publisher : ibidem-Verlag / ibidem Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9783838259154

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Nationalist Imaginings of the Russian Past by Konstantin Sheiko Pdf

Anatolii Fomenko is a distinguished Russian mathematician turned popular history writer, founder of the so-called New Chronology school, and part of the explosion of alternative historical writing that has emerged in Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Among his more startling claims are that the Old Testament was written after the New Testament, that Russia is older than Greece and Rome, and that the medieval Mongol Empire was in fact a Slav-Turk world empire, a Russian Horde, to which Western and Eastern powers paid tribute. While academic historians dismiss Fomenko as a dangerous ethno-nationalist or post-modern clown, Fomenko’s publications invariably outsell his conventional rivals. Just as Putin has restored Russia’s faith in its future, Fomenko and an army of fellow alternative historians are determined to restore Russia’s faith in its past. For Fomenko, the key to Russia’s greatness in the future lies in ensuring that Russians understand the true greatness of their past. Fomenko and other pseudo-historians have built upon existing Russian notions of identity, specifically the widespread belief in the positive qualities of empire and the special mission of Russia. He has drawn upon previous attempts to establish a Russian identity, ranging from Slavophilism through Stalinism to Eurasianism. While fantastic, Fomenko’s pseudo-history strikes many Russian readers as no less legitimate than the lies and distortions peddled by Communist propagandists, Tsarist historians and church chroniclers.

Author : James H. Billington
Publisher : Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2004-03-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780801879760

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Russia in Search of Itself by James H. Billington Pdf

Billington describes the contentious discussion occurring all over Russia and across the political spectrum. He finds conflicts raging among individuals as much as between organized groups and finds a deep underlying tension between the Russians' attempts to legitimize their new, nominally democratic identity, and their efforts to craft a new version of their old authoritarian tradition. After showing how the problem of Russian identity was framed in the past, Billington asks whether Russians will now look more to the West for a place in the common European home, or to the East for a new, Eurasian identity.

Author : Bronius Grigelionis
Publisher : VSP
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Mathematical statistics
ISBN : 9067641286

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Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics by Bronius Grigelionis Pdf

Author : B. Grigelionis,Yu. V. Prohorov,V. V. Sazonov,V. Statulevičius
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-18
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783112314197

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Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics. Vol. 1 by B. Grigelionis,Yu. V. Prohorov,V. V. Sazonov,V. Statulevičius Pdf

No detailed description available for "GRIGELIONIS: PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTH VILNIUS CONFERE E-BOOK".

Author : Olaf Pedersen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-12
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780387848266

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A Survey of the Almagest by Olaf Pedersen Pdf

The Almagest, by the Greek astronomer and mathematician Ptolemy, is the most important surviving treatise on early mathematical astronomy, offering historians valuable insight into the astronomy and mathematics of the ancient world. Pedersen's 1974 publication, A Survey of the Almagest, is the most recent in a long tradition of companions to the Almagest. Part paraphrase and part commentary, Pedersen's work has earned the universal praise of historians and serves as the definitive introductory text for students interested in studying the Almagest. In this revised edition, Alexander Jones, a distinguished authority on the history of early astronomy, provides supplementary information and commentary to the original text to account for scholarship that has appeared since 1974. This revision also incorporates various corrections to Pedersen's original text that have been identified since its publication. This volume is intended to provide students of the history of astronomy with a self-contained introduction to the Almagest, helping them to understand and appreciate Ptolemy's great and classical work.

Author : A.T. Fomenko
Publisher : Springer
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1993-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006072099

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Empirico-Statistical Analysis of Narrative Material and Its Applications to Historical Dating by A.T. Fomenko Pdf

These two volumes which concern mathematical statistical chronology represent a major, unique work and are the first of its kind published in the English language. A comprehensive set of mathematical and statistical techniques is presented for the analysis of chronological data. These include, as main tool, the means to compare texts and other sequential data and the ability to judge them in terms of similarity and, hence, closeness. These techniques constitute a new important trend in applied statistics. Volume I concentrates mainly on the development of the mathematical statistical tools and their application to astronomical data, including the Almagest and simulated data (to test the validity of the methods). Substantial material dealing with historical data and chronology is also included. Volume II concentrates on the application of these tools to narrative texts and ancient and medieval records (such as Egyptian, Byzantine, Roman, Greek, Babylonian, etc.). An astonishing wealth of historical data is considered. The conclusions which are drawn concerning the accepted chronological dating of events in ancient history will certainly provoke controversy and serious debate. These two volumes provide the necessary background and material for intelligent participation in such debates. For statisticians, historians, astronomers, archaeologists, and others with an interest in the integrity of historical dating and the means to analyze this.

Author : Glen Van Brummelen
Publisher : National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : 0315910585

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Mathematical Tables in Ptolemy's Almagest [microform] by Glen Van Brummelen Pdf

Author : Ptolemy
Publisher : Bristol Classical Press
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : UCSD:31822035113653

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Ptolemy's Almagest by Ptolemy Pdf

This is a translation of Ptolemy's Almagest.

Author : Ptolemy,Edward Ball Knobel,Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : OCLC:225101069

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Ptolemy's Catalogue of Stars by Ptolemy,Edward Ball Knobel,Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters Pdf

Author : Ptolemy
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1998-11-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691002606

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Ptolemy's Almagest by Ptolemy Pdf

Ptolemy's Almagest is one of the most influential scientific works in history. A masterpiece of technical exposition, it was the basic textbook of astronomy for more than a thousand years, and still is the main source for our knowledge of ancient astronomy. This translation, based on the standard Greek text of Heiberg, makes the work accessible to English readers in an intelligible and reliable form. It contains numerous corrections derived from medieval Arabic translations and extensive footnotes that take account of the great progress in understanding the work made in this century, due to the discovery of Babylonian records and other researches. It is designed to stand by itself as an interpretation of the original, but it will also be useful as an aid to reading the Greek text.

Author : Claudius Ptolemy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Science
ISBN : 1888009438

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The Almagest by Claudius Ptolemy Pdf

The Almagest is by far the greatest work in astronomy in ancient times. In a massive series of thirteen books, Ptolemy shows how every detail of the motions of the sun, moon, planets, and stars can be expressed using geometrical models that can be used to compute celestial positions with remarkable accuracy The present selection covers all the essential features of Ptolemy s treatment of the heavens, omitting only more difficult and abstruse matters such as the moon s motion and the calculation of eclipses. In the interest of conciseness, development of planetary theories is restricted to two planets, one inferior (Venus) and one superior (Mars). Ptolemy s text is accompanied by extensive notes and introductions that are aimed at making the book accessible to students encountering Ptolemy for the first time. This edition is designed to provide everything needed for a one-semester course, or it can be a component of a more general course on planetary theory or history of astronomy."