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Author : David Stanley Evans
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Art
ISBN : UCAL:B4399058
Deals with the history of astronomy in the southern hemisphere from the first expeditions from the northern hemisphere in the 17th century to 1975.
Author : John Lankford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136508271
This Encyclopedia traces the history of the oldest science from the ancient world to the space age in over 300 entries by leading experts.
Author : Bárbara K. Silva
Publisher : Springer
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030177126
This Palgrave Pivot tells the transnational story of the astronomical observatory in the hills near Santiago, Chile, built in the early twentieth century through the efforts of astronomers from the Lick Observatory in California. Venturing abroad to learn from largely unmapped Southern skies and, hopefully, answer lingering questions about the structure of the galaxy, they planned a three-year research expedition—but ended up staying for more than twenty-five years. The history of the Mills Expedition offers a window onto the history of astronomy, the challenges of scientific collaboration across national lines, and the political and cultural contexts of early-twentieth-century Chile and the United States.
Author : Steven Ruskin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351925150
In 1833 John Herschel sailed from London to Cape Town, southern Africa, to undertake (at his own expense) an astronomical exploration of the southern heavens, as well as a terrestrial exploration of the area around Cape Town. After his return to England in 1838, and as a result of his voyage, he was highly esteemed and became Britain's most recognized man of science. In 1847 his southern hemisphere astronomical observations were published as the Cape Results. The main argument of Ruskin's book is that Herschel's voyage and the publication of the Cape Results, in addition to their contemporary scientific importance, were also significant for nineteenth-century culture and politics. In this book it is demonstrated that the reason for Herschel's widespread cultural renown was the popular notion that his voyage to the Cape was a project aligned with the imperial ambitions of the British government. By leaving England for one of its colonies, and pursuing there a significant scientific project, Herschel was seen in the same light as other British men of science (like James Cook and Richard Lander) who had also undertaken voyages of exploration and discovery at the behest of their nation. It is then demonstrated that the production of the Cape Results, in part because of Herschel's status as Britain's scientific figurehead, was a significant political event. Herschel's decision to journey to the Cape for the purpose of surveying the southern heavens was of great significance to almost all of Britain and much of the continent. It is the purpose of this book to make a case for the scientific, cultural, and political significance of Herschel's Cape voyage and astronomical observations, as a means of demonstrating the relationship of scientific practice to broader aspects of imperial culture and politics in the nineteenth century.
Author : Thomas R. Williams,Michael Saladyga
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139496346
Founded in 1911, the AAVSO boasts over 1200 members and observers and is the world's largest non-profit organization dedicated to variable star observation. This timely book marks the AAVSO's centennial year, presenting an authoritative and accurate history of this important association. Writing in an engaging and accessible style, the authors move chronologically through five eras of the AAVSO, discussing the evolution of its structure and purpose. Throughout the text, the main focus is on the thousands of individuals whose contributions have made the AAVSO's progress possible. Describing a century of interaction between amateur and professional astronomers, the authors celebrate the collaborative relationships that have existed over the years. As the definitive history of the first hundred years of the AAVSO, this text has broad appeal and will be of interest to amateur and professional astronomers, as well as historians and sociologists of science in general.
Author : Wayne Orchiston,David A. Green,Richard Strom
Publisher : Springer
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319076140
This book contains papers from a conference held to celebrate the 70th birthday of one of the world’s foremost astronomical historians, Professor F. Richard Stephenson, the latest recipient of the American Astronomical Society’s highest award for research in astronomical history, the LeRoy Doggett Prize. Reflecting Professor Stephenson’s extensive research portfolio, this book brings together under one cover papers on four different areas of scholarship: applied historical astronomy (which Stephenson founded); Islamic astronomy; Oriental astronomy and amateur astronomy. These papers are penned by astronomers from Canada, China, England, France, Georgia, Iran, Japan, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Portugal, Thailand and the USA. Its diverse coverage represents a wide cross-section of the history of astronomy community. Under discussion are ways in which recent research using historical data has provided new insights into auroral and solar activity, supernovae and changes in the rotation rate of the Earth. It also presents readers with results of recent research on leading historical figures in Islamic and Oriental astronomy, and aspects of eighteenth and nineteenth century Australian, British, German and Portuguese amateur astronomy, including the fascinating ‘amateur-turned-professional syndrome’.
Author : Wayne Orchiston
Publisher : Springer
Page : 555 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319445212
This book marks the centennial of Tebbutt's death with a major biographical account surveying his scientific contributions to astronomy, prefaced with a foreword by Sir Patrick Moore. During the second half of the nineteenth century, Tebbutt was Australia's foremost astronomer. He devoted his time and funds to astronomy, and built a truly international reputation that far surpassed Australia's leading professional astronomers of the day. This book marks the centennial of Tebbutt's death with a major biographical account. Tebbutt's remarkable record of achievement extends over more than half a century. Orchiston's book covers the whole of Tebbutt's career, from his yearly observatory reports and comet discoveries to his time as the first president of Sydney's branch of the British Astronomical Association.
Author : Fritz Krafft,Christoph J. Scriba
Publisher : Franz Steiner Verlag
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3515059652
Aus dem Inhalt: Addresses Given at the Opening/Closing Ceremonies of the XVIIIth International Congress of History of Science: Christoph J. Scriba: The Beginnings of the International Congresses of the History of Science � Fritz Krafft: Science and Political Order / Wissenschaft und Staat � Klaus Pinkau: Science and Politics � Wolfgang Wild: The Role of the Government in the Field of Education and Society Plenary Lectures with Special Reference to the General Theme of the XVIIIth International Congresses of the History of Science �Science and Political Order / Wissenschaft und Staat�: Lewis Pyenson: Why Science May Serve Political Ends: Cultural Imperialism and the Mission to Civilize � Gerald Schr�der: Science Policy and Pharmacy in the NS Period � Caroll Pursell: Technology and Political Order in the 20th Century � Armin Hermann: Science under Foreign Rule. Policy of the Allies in Germany 1945-49 Symposia: Reports of their Organizers: Introductory Remarks by the Chairman of the Program Committee (Fritz Krafft) � Publications and Reports � A Survey of the Congress Budget (Christoph J. Scriba) Scientific Program: Final Status.
Author : Tsuko Nakamura,Wayne Orchiston
Publisher : Springer
Page : 878 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319620824
This book examines the ways in which attitudes toward astronomy in Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan, Thailand and Uzbekistan have changed with the times. The emergence of astrophysics was a worldwide phenomenon during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and it gradually replaced the older-style positional astronomy, which focused on locating and measuring the movements of the planets, stars, etc.. Here you will find national overviews that are at times followed by case studies of individual notable achievements. Although the emphasis is on the developments that occurred around 1900, later pioneering efforts in Australian, Chinese, Indian and Japanese radio astronomy are also included. As the first book ever published on the early development of astrophysics in Asia, the authors fill a chronological and technological void. Though others have already written about earlier astronomical developments in Asia, and about the recent history of astronomy in various Asian nations, no one has examined the emergence of astrophysics, the so-called ‘new astronomy’ in Asia during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Author : U. Esser,H. Hefele,Inge Heinrich,W. Hofmann,D. Krahn,V. R. Matas,Dr. Lutz D. Schmadel,G. Zech
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1266 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662123645
From the reviews: "Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts has appeared in semi-annual volumes since 1969 and it has already become one of the fundamental publications in the fields of astronomy, astrophysics and neighbouring sciences. It is the most important English-language abstracting journal in the mentioned branches. ...The abstracts are classified under more than a hundred subject categories, thus permitting a quick survey of the whole extended material. The AAA is a valuable and important publication for all students and scientists working in the fields of astronomy and related sciences. As such it represents a necessary ingredient of any astronomical library all over the world." Space Science Reviews#1 "Dividing the whole field plus related subjects into 108 categories, each work is numbered and most are accompanied by brief abstracts. Fairly comprehensive cross-referencing links relevant papers to more than one category, and exhaustive author and subject indices are to be found at the back, making the catalogues easy to use. The series appears to be so complete in its coverage and always less than a year out of date that I shall certainly have to make a little more space on those shelves for future volumes." The Observatory Magazine#2
Author : Günter D. Roth
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 727 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540763796
The Compendium of Practical Astronomy is unique. The practical astronomer, whether student, novice or accomplished amateur, will find this handbook the most comprehensive, up-to-date and detailed single guide to the subject available. It is based on Roth’s celebrated German language handbook for amateur astronomers, which first appeared over 40 years ago.
Author : Alan W. Hirshfeld
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002-05-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781429931694
In the dramatic tradition of the best-selling Longitude, Parallax charts the historical path of observational astronomy's most daunting challenge: measuring the distance to a star. The greatest scientific minds applied themselves in vain to the problem across the millennia, beginning with the ancient Greeks. Not until the nineteenth century would three astronomers, armed with the best telescopes of the age, race to conquer this astronomical Everest—their contest ending in a virtual dead heat. Against a sweeping backdrop filled with kidnappings, dramatic rescue, swordplay, madness, and bitter rivalry, Alan Hirshfeld brings to life the heroes of this remarkable story. Meet the destitute boy plucked from a collapsed building who becomes the greatest telescope maker the world has ever seen; the hot-tempered Dane whose nose is lopped off in a duel over mathematics; the merchant's apprentice forced to choose between the lure of money and his passion for astronomy; and the musician who astounds the world by discovering a new planet from his own backyard. Generously illustrated with diagrams, period engravings, and paintings, Parallax is an unforgettable tale that illuminates the distinctly human side of science.
Author : Roger Hutchins
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0754632504
This is the first full history of the six university observatories that undertook research before World War II - Oxford, Dunsink, Cambridge, Durham, Glasgow and London - and their struggle to evolve in the middle ground between the royal or government observatories, and those of the 'Grand Amateurs'. The book will intrigue anyone interested in the history of astronomy, of telescopes, of patronage networks, of scientific institutions, and of the history of universities.
Author : John North
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 903 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-07-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226594415
The definitive history of humanity's search to find its place within the universe. North charts the history of astronomy and cosmology from the Paleolithic period to the present day.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : UCSC:32106014397308