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14 produkter
Brief Introduction to Astronomy in the Middle East
Häftad, 2008
127 kr
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The Middle East was both the birthplace of astronomy and the centre for its development during the medieval period. John M. Steele traces the development of the Late Babylonians' ingenious schemes for modelling planetary motion. He reveals how medieval Islamic advances in the study of the heavens, …
Ancient Astronomical Observations and the Study of the Moon’s Motion (1691-1757)
Inbunden, 2012
1094 kr
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The discovery of a gradual acceleration in the moon’s mean motion by Edmond Halley in the last decade of the seventeenth century led to a revival of interest in reports of astronomical observations from antiquity. These observations provided the only means to study the moon’s ‘secular …
Ancient Astronomical Observations and the Study of the Moon's Motion (1691-1757)
E-bok, 2012
1459 kr
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The discovery of a gradual acceleration in the moon’s mean motion by Edmond Halley in the last decade of the seventeenth century led to a revival of interest in reports of astronomical observations from antiquity. These observations provided the only means to study the moon’s ‘secular …
Ancient Astronomical Observations and the Study of the Moon’s Motion (1691-1757)
Häftad, 2016
1094 kr
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The discovery of a gradual acceleration in the moon’s mean motion by Edmond Halley in the last decade of the seventeenth century led to a revival of interest in reports of astronomical observations from antiquity. These observations provided the only means to study the moon’s ‘secular …
Pathways Into the Study of Ancient Sciences
Selected Essays by David Pingree, Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 104, Part 3)
Av Isabelle Pingree, John M. Steele
Häftad, 2014
983 kr
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Calendars and Years
Astronomy and Time in the Ancient Near East
E-bok, 2021
126 kr
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Dates form the backbone of written history. But where do these dates come from? Many different calendars were used in the ancient world. Some of these calendars were based upon observations or calculations of regular astronomical phenomena, such as the first sighting of the new moon crescent that …
Calendars and Years II
Astronomy and Time in the Ancient and Medieval World
E-bok, 2021
126 kr
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Understanding the calendars used by ancient and medieval cultures is essential to the writing of history. Equally important, however, is understanding the basis upon which our current knowledge of these calendars rests. This second volume of Calendars and Years explores the calendars of ancient and …
Living the Lunar Calendar
Av John M. Steele, Jonathan Ben-Dov m. fl.
E-bok, 2021
126 kr
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Lunar calendars suffer from an inherent uncertainty in the length of each month and the number of months in the year. Variable atmospheric conditions, weather and the acuity of the eye of an observer mean that the first sighting of the new moon crescent can never be known in advance. Calendars …
Mathematician's Journeys
Otto Neugebauer and Modern Transformations of Ancient Science
Av Alexander Jones, Christine Proust m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1314 kr
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This book explores facets of Otto Neugebauer's career, his impact on the history and practice of mathematics, and the ways in which his legacy has been preserved or transformed in recent decades, looking ahead to the directions in which the study of the history of science will head in the …
Mathematician's Journeys
Otto Neugebauer and Modern Transformations of Ancient Science
Av John M. Steele, Christine Proust m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
1798 kr
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This book explores facets of Otto Neugebauer''s career, his impact on the history and practice of mathematics, and the ways in which his legacy has been preserved or transformed in recent decades, looking ahead to the directions in which the study of the history of science will head in the …
Rising Time Schemes in Babylonian Astronomy
Häftad, 2017
680 kr
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This revealing work examines an approach from ancient astronomy to what was then a particularly important question, namely that of understanding the relationship between the position in the ecliptic and the time it takes for a fixed-length of the ecliptic beginning at that point to rise above the …
Rising Time Schemes in Babylonian Astronomy
E-bok, 2017
903 kr
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This revealing work examines an approach from ancient astronomy to what was then a particularly important question, namely that of understanding the relationship between the position in the ecliptic and the time it takes for a fixed-length of the ecliptic beginning at that point to rise above the …
Mathematician's Journeys
Otto Neugebauer and Modern Transformations of Ancient Science
Av Alexander Jones, Christine Proust m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
1353 kr
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This book explores facets of Otto Neugebauer's career, his impact on the history and practice of mathematics, and the ways in which his legacy has been preserved or transformed in recent decades, looking ahead to the directions in which the study of the history of science will head in the …
Circulation of Astronomical Knowledge in the Ancient World
Inbunden, 2016
3706 kr
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Astronomical and astrological knowledge circulated in many ways in the ancient world: in the form of written texts and through oral communication; by the conscious assimilation of sought-after knowledge and the unconscious absorption of ideas to which scholars were exposed. The Circulation of …
