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Author | : Michael Hoskin |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1999-03-18 |
Genre | : Gardening |
ISBN | : 9780521576000 |
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This is a textbook on the history of astronomy focusing on the topics of prime importance.
Author | : Michael A. Hoskin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521411585 |
Download The Cambridge Illustrated History of Astronomy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Traces the history of astronomy as a science from ancient times to the present and describes the discoveries that have contributed to current beliefs about space and the universe
Author | : Peter Doig |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 1950 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : John North |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 903 |
Release | : 2008-07-15 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0226594416 |
Download Cosmos Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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 | : Steve B. Howell |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 4 |
Release | : 2006-03-02 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 113945076X |
Download Handbook of CCD Astronomy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Charge-Coupled Devices (CCDs) are the state-of-the-art detector in many fields of observational science. Updated to include all of the latest developments in CCDs, this second edition of the Handbook of CCD Astronomy is a concise and accessible reference on all practical aspects of using CCDs. Starting with their electronic workings, it discusses their basic characteristics and then gives methods and examples of how to determine these values. While the book focuses on the use of CCDs in professional observational astronomy, advanced amateur astronomers, and researchers in physics, chemistry, medical imaging, and remote sensing will also find it very valuable. Tables of useful and hard-to-find data, key practical equations, and new exercises round off the book and ensure that it provides an ideal introduction to the practical use of CCDs for graduate students, and a handy reference for more experienced users.
Author | : D. R. Lorimer |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521828239 |
Download Handbook of Pulsar Astronomy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This 2004 book provides a concise description of pulsar research, presenting key techniques, background information and results.
Author | : C. M. Linton |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 530 |
Release | : 2004-08-12 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1139453793 |
Download From Eudoxus to Einstein Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Since man first looked towards the heavens, a great deal of effort has been put into trying to predict and explain the motions of the sun, moon and planets. Developments in man's understanding have been closely linked to progress in the mathematical sciences. Whole new areas of mathematics, such as trigonometry, were developed to aid astronomical calculations, and on numerous occasions throughout history, breakthroughs in astronomy have only been possible because of progress in mathematics. This book describes the theories of planetary motion that have been developed through the ages, beginning with the homocentric spheres of Eudoxus and ending with Einstein's general theory of relativity. It emphasizes the interaction between progress in astronomy and in mathematics, showing how the two have been inextricably linked since Babylonian times. This valuable text is accessible to a wide audience, from amateur astronomers to professional historians of astronomy.
Author | : Omar W. Nasim |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 2021-09-21 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0262045532 |
Download The Astronomer's Chair Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The astronomer’s observing chair as both image and object, and the story it tells about a particular kind of science and a particular view of history. The astronomer’s chair is a leitmotif in the history of astronomy, appearing in hundreds of drawings, prints, and photographs from a variety of sources. Nineteenth-century stargazers in particular seemed eager to display their observing chairs—task-specific, often mechanically adjustable observatory furniture designed for use in conjunction with telescopes. But what message did they mean to send with these images? In The Astronomer’s Chair, Omar W. Nasim considers these specialized chairs as both image and object, offering an original framework for linking visual and material cultures. Observing chairs, Nasim ingeniously argues, showcased and embodied forms of scientific labor, personae, and bodily practice that appealed to bourgeois sensibilities. Viewing image and object as connected parts of moral, epistemic, and visual economies of empire, Nasim shows that nineteenth-century science was represented in terms of comfort and energy, and that “manly” postures of Western astronomers at work in specialized chairs were contrasted pointedly with images of “effete” and cross-legged “Oriental” astronomers. Extending his historical analysis into the twentieth century, Nasim reexamines what he argues to be a famous descendant of the astronomer’s chair: Freud’s psychoanalytic couch, which directed observations not outward toward the stars but inward toward the stratified universe of the psyche. But whether in conjunction with the mind or the heavens, the observing chair was a point of entry designed for specialists that also portrayed widely held assumptions about who merited epistemic access to these realms in the first place. With more than 100 illustrations, many in color; flexibound.
Author | : Marcia Bartusiak |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 722 |
Release | : 2006-04-11 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0375713689 |
Download Archives of the Universe Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
An unparalleled history of astronomy presented in the words of the scientists who made the discoveries. Here are the writings of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Halley, Hubble, and Einstein, as well as that of dozens of others who have significantly contributed to our picture of the universe. From Aristotle's proof that the Earth is round to the 1998 paper that posited an accelerating universe, this book contains 100 entries spanning the history of astronomy. Award-winning science writer Marcia Bartusiak provides enormously entertaining introductions, putting the material in context and explaining its place in the literature. Archives of the Universe is essential reading for professional astronomers, science history buffs, and backyard stargazers alike.
Author | : Michael Hoskin |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2003-05-08 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0191577731 |
Download The History of Astronomy: A Very Short Introduction Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Astronomy, perhaps the first of the sciences, was already well developed by the time of Christ. Seventeen centuries later, after Newton showed that the movements of the planets could be explained in terms of gravitation, it became the paradigm for the mathematical sciences. In the nineteenth century the analysis of star-light allowed astrophysicists to determine both the chemical composition and the radial velocities of celestial bodies, while the development of photography enabled distant objects invisible to the human eye, to be studied and measured in comfort. Technical developments during and since the Second World War have greatly enlarged the scope of the science by permitting the study of radiation. This is a fascinating introduction to the history of Western astronomy, from prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid-nineteenth century. Historical records are first found in Babylon and Egypt, and after two millennia the arithmetical astronomy of the Babylonians merged with the Greek geometrical approach to culminate in the Almagest of Ptolemy. This legacy was transmitted to the Latin West via Islam, and led to Copernicus's claim that the Earth is in motion. In justifying this Kepler converted astronomy into a branch of dynamics, leading to Newton's universal law of gravity. The book concludes with eighteenth- and nineteenth-century applications of Newton's law, and the first explorations of the universe of stars. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.