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| Author | : Daniel A. Stolz |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 331 |
| Release | : 2018-01-11 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 1108169260 |
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An observatory and a lighthouse form the nexus of this major new investigation of science, religion, and the state in late Ottoman Egypt. Astronomy, imperial bureaucrats, traditionally educated Muslim scholars, and reformist Islamic publications, such as The Lighthouse, are linked to examine the making of knowledge, the performance of piety, and the operation of political power through scientific practice. Contrary to ideas of Islamic scientific decline, Muslim scholars in the nineteenth century used a dynamic tradition of knowledge to measure time, compute calendars, and predict planetary positions. The rise of a 'new astronomy' is revealed to owe much to projects of political and religious reform: from the strengthening of the multiple empires that exercised power over the Nile Valley; to the 'modernization' of Islamic centers of learning; to the dream of a global Islamic community that would rely on scientific institutions to coordinate the timing of major religious duties.
| Author | : Daniel A. Stolz |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 331 |
| Release | : 2018-01-11 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1107196337 |
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This history of astronomy in Egypt reveals how modern science came to play an authoritative role in Islamic religious practice.
| Author | : Daniel A. Stolz |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 332 |
| Release | : 2018-01-11 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 110817406X |
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An observatory and a lighthouse form the nexus of this major new investigation of science, religion, and the state in late Ottoman Egypt. Astronomy, imperial bureaucrats, traditionally educated Muslim scholars, and reformist Islamic publications, such as The Lighthouse, are linked to examine the making of knowledge, the performance of piety, and the operation of political power through scientific practice. Contrary to ideas of Islamic scientific decline, Muslim scholars in the nineteenth century used a dynamic tradition of knowledge to measure time, compute calendars, and predict planetary positions. The rise of a 'new astronomy' is revealed to owe much to projects of political and religious reform: from the strengthening of the multiple empires that exercised power over the Nile Valley; to the 'modernization' of Islamic centers of learning; to the dream of a global Islamic community that would rely on scientific institutions to coordinate the timing of major religious duties.
| Author | : Bessie Zaban Jones |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 339 |
| Release | : 1965 |
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Download Lighthouse of the Skies Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
| Author | : Kimberly K. Arcand |
| Publisher | : Smithsonian Institution |
| Total Pages | : 205 |
| Release | : 2019-10-22 |
| Genre | : Photography |
| ISBN | : 1588346781 |
Download Light from the Void Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A lavish coffee-table book featuring spectacular images from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, the most powerful X-Ray telescope ever built Take a journey through the cosmos with Light from the Void, a stunning collection of photographs from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory's two decades of operation. The book showcases rarely-seen celestial phenomena such as black holes, planetary nebulae, galaxy clusters, gravitational waves, stellar birth and death, and more. Accompanying these images of incredible natural phenomena are captions explaining how they occur. The images start close to home and move outward: beginning with images of the Chandra launch, then moving into the solar system, through the nearby universe, and finally to the most distant galaxies Chandra has observed, the book brings readers on a far-out visual voyage.
| Author | : Paolo Cristofanelli |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 135 |
| Release | : 2017-07-15 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 3319611275 |
Download High-Mountain Atmospheric Research Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book presents the results of 20 years of atmospheric composition research studies carried out at the high-mountain (2,165 m a.s.l.) Observatory "O. Vittori" in Italy, part of the only global station in the Mediterranean region that belongs to the World Meteorological Organization’s Global Atmosphere Watch (WMO/GAW). It provides a comprehensive study with updated results for the most important atmospheric climate-altering and pollutant compounds based on the continuous observations at Mt. Cimone. Further, the book addresses the following main research topics in atmospheric sciences: non-CO2 greenhouse gases, reactive gases, aerosol particles and natural radioactivity. The book also presents an overview of the measurement site (both in terms of its geographical location and technical facilities), as well as extensive climatology references (in the form of plots and tables) for the atmospheric compounds monitored there. As such, it offers a must-read for atmospheric scientists, stakeholders, undergraduate and graduate students in related fields.
| Author | : Edwin Budding |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 464 |
| Release | : 2007-04-26 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 9780521847117 |
Download Introduction to Astronomical Photometry Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Review of astronomical photometry for graduate students, researchers and advanced amateurs in practical and observational astronomy.
| Author | : Steven J. Dick |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 636 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780521815994 |
Download Sky and Ocean Joined Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
As one of the oldest scientific institutions in the United States, the US Naval Observatory has a rich and colourful history. This volume is, first and foremost, a story of the relations between space, time and navigation, from the rise of the chronometer in the United States to the Global Positioning System of satellites, for which the Naval Observatory provides the time to a billionth of a second per day. It is a story of the history of technology, in the form of telescopes, lenses, detectors, calculators, clocks and computers over 170 years. It describes how one scientific institution under government and military patronage has contributed, through all the vagaries of history, to almost two centuries of unparalleled progress in astronomy. Sky and Ocean Joined will appeal to historians of science, technology, scientific institutions and American science, as well as astronomers, meteorologists and physicists.
| Author | : Joyce Scoffield |
| Publisher | : Countyvise |
| Total Pages | : 344 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Observatories |
| ISBN | : 9781901231687 |
Download Bidston Observatory Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Chronicles the history, work and staff over the entire life of the Bidston Observatory.
| Author | : Bird Observatories Council |
| Publisher | : A&C Black |
| Total Pages | : 609 |
| Release | : 2010-08-18 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1408139057 |
Download Bird Observatories of Britain and Ireland Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A comprehensive survey of the valuable work undertaken by Britain's network of bird observatories, with summaries and tables of noteworthy events and much historical background. Bird observatories are research stations established mainly for the study of migration, particularly by means of ringing. There are now 18 scattered around the Britain and Ireland at key points on migration routes, on coastal promontories or small islands. Part of their attraction is the regular occurrence of rarities that are found each year at these observatories. Written by wardens and ringers from each location, Bird Observatories of Britain and Ireland is a timely new edition of one of the earliest Poyser titles. It includes detailed coverage of the history, location, habitats and ornithological interest of each observatory, including summaries and tables of noteworthy events.
