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Télécharger le livre :  A History of Optical Telescopes in Astronomy
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A History of Optical Telescopes in Astronomy


Wilson Wall


This book is uniquely about the relationship between the optical telescope and astronomy as they developed together. It covers the time between the telescope's pivotal invention in the 1600's up to the modern era of space-based telescopes. Over the intervening...

Parution : 2018-10-01
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Télécharger le livre :  The Scientific Legacy of William Herschel
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The Scientific Legacy of William Herschel


Clifford J. Cunningham


This book presents a modern scholarly analysis of issues associated with England’s most famous astronomer, William Herschel. The world’s leading experts on Herschel, discoverer of the planet Uranus, here offer their combined wisdom on many aspects of his life and...

Parution : 2017-11-25
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Télécharger le livre :  The Emergence of Astrophysics in Asia
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The Emergence of Astrophysics in Asia


Tsuko Nakamura , Wayne Orchiston


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...

Parution : 2017-11-03
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199,99
Télécharger le livre :  Lewis Swift
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Lewis Swift


Gary W. Kronk


This biography covers the life of Lewis Swift (1820-1913), who discovered 13 comets and nearly 1,200 other deep sky objects. All 13 comets found by Swift now bear his name, including three periodic comets with periods of 6 years (11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR), 9 years...

Parution : 2017-09-19
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89,99
Télécharger le livre :  Astronomical Knowledge Transmission Through Illustrated Aratea Manuscripts
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Astronomical Knowledge Transmission Through Illustrated Aratea Manuscripts


Marion Dolan


This carefully researched monograph is a historical investigation of the illustrated Aratea astronomical manuscript and its many interpretations over the centuries. Aratus' 270 B.C.E. Greek poem describing the constellations and astrological...

Parution : 2017-08-22
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Télécharger le livre :  Merz Telescopes
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Merz Telescopes


Ileana Chinnici


This book comprises a fascinating collection of contributions on the Merz telescopes in Italy that collectively offer the first survey on historical large refracting telescopes in the country, drawing on original documents and photographs. It opens with a general...

Parution : 2017-03-30
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Télécharger le livre :  The Rise of Radio Astronomy in the Netherlands
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The Rise of Radio Astronomy in the Netherlands


Astrid Elbers


Radio astronomy was born during the Second World War, but as this book explains, the history of early Dutch radio astronomy is in several respects rather anomalous in comparison to the development of radio astronomy in other countries. The author describes how...

Parution : 2016-11-23
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Télécharger le livre :  John Tebbutt
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John Tebbutt


Wayne Orchiston


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...

Parution : 2016-11-15
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Télécharger le livre :  Astronomy in the Ancient World
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Astronomy in the Ancient World


Alexus Mcleod


Alexus McLeod explores every aspect of the lesser-known history of astronomy in the Americas (Mesoamerica and North America), China and India, each through the frame of a particular astronomical phenomena. Part One considers the development of astronomy in the Americas...

Parution : 2016-06-17
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