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  • Exploring the History of Southeast Asian Astronomy

    A Review of Current Projects and Future Prospects and Possibilities

    Edición de Wayne Orchiston, Mayank N. Vahia ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This edited volume contains 24 different research papers by members of the History and Heritage Working Group of the Southeast Asian Astronomy Network. The chapters were prepared by astronomers from Australia, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Scotland, Sweden, Thailand and Vietnam. They represent the latest understanding of cultural and scientific interchange in ... Leer más

    $134.09 USD

  • Highlighting the History of Astronomy in the Asia-Pacific Region

    Proceedings of the ICOA-6 Conference

    Edición de Wayne Orchiston, Tsuko Nakamura, Richard G. Strom ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    With just 400 pages, this title provides readers with the results of recent research from some of the world's leading historians of astronomy on aspects of Arabic, Australian, Chinese, Japanese, and North and South American astronomy and astrophysics. Of particular note are the sections on Arabic astronomy, Asian applied astronomy and the history of Australian radio astronomy, and the chapter on ... Leer más

    $215.99 USD

  • The Emergence of Astrophysics in Asia

    Opening a New Window on the Universe

    Edición de Tsuko Nakamura, Wayne Orchiston ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    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 ... Leer más

    $188.99 USD

  • John Tebbutt

    Rebuilding and Strengthening the Foundations of Australian Astronomy

    de Wayne Orchiston ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    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 ... Leer más

    $152.99 USD

  • Eclipses, Transits, and Comets of the Nineteenth Century

    How America's Perception of the Skies Changed

    de Stella Cottam, Wayne Orchiston ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Winner of the AAS 2019 Donald E. Osterbrock Book Prize for Historical AstronomyGrabbing the attention of poets, politicians and the general public alike, a series of spectacular astronomical events in the late 1800s galvanized Americans to take a greater interest in astronomy than ever before. At a time when the sciences were not yet as well established in the United States as they were in Europe, ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • Exploring the History of New Zealand Astronomy

    Trials, Tribulations, Telescopes and Transits

    de Wayne Orchiston ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Dr. Orchiston is a foremost authority on the subject of New Zealand astronomy, and here are the collected papers of his fruitful studies in this area, including both those published many years ago and new material. The papers herein review traditional Maori astronomy, examine the appearance of nautical astronomy practiced by Cook and his astronomers on their various stopovers in New Zealand during ... Leer más

    $143.99 USD

  • New Insights From Recent Studies in Historical Astronomy: Following in the Footsteps of F. Richard Stephenson

    A Meeting to Honor F. Richard Stephenson on His 70th Birthday

    Edición de Richard Strom, David A. Green, Wayne Orchiston ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    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 ... Leer más

    $152.99 USD

  • The Growth and Development of Astronomy and Astrophysics in India and the Asia-Pacific Region

    ICOA-9, Pune, India, 15-18 November 2016

    Edición de Wayne Orchiston, Aniket Sule, Mayank Vahia ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book discusses the study of astronomy in different cultures, applied historical astronomy and history of multi-wavelength astronomy, and the genesis of recent research. It contains peer-reviewed papers gathered from the International Conference on Oriental Astronomy 9 (ICOA-9) held at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, India. It covers the areas like megalithic and ... Leer más

    $143.99 USD

  • Golden Years of Australian Radio Astronomy

    An Illustrated History

    de Wayne Orchiston, Peter Robertson, Woodruff T. Sullivan III ...
    Series series Historical & Cultural Astronomy
    The evolution of Australian radio astronomy from 1945 to 1960 has been studied in detail by numerous historians of science in recent years. This Open Access book is the first to present an overview of this remarkable chapter in Australian science.The book begins in the post-war period, as the Radiophysics Laboratory in Sydney switched from secret wartime research on radar to peacetime applications ... Leer más

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  • Stars

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Andrew King ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Every atom of our bodies has been part of a star. Our very own star, the Sun, is crucial to the development and sustainability of life on Earth. This Very Short Introduction presents a modern, authoritative examination of how stars live, producing all the chemical elements beyond helium, and how they die, sometimes spectacularly, to end as remnants such as black holes. Andrew King shows how ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Chasing New Horizons

    Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto

    de Alan Stern, David Grinspoon ...
    This insider account is "thoroughly captivating . . . Suffused with . . . scientific wonder. . . . a top-notch documentation of intrepid planetary exploration" ( Kirkus Reviews , starred review).On July 14, 2015, something amazing happened. More than three billion miles from Earth, a small NASA spacecraft called New Horizons screamed past Pluto at more than 32,000 miles per hour, focusing its ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

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  • Aliens

    The World's Leading Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

    Edición de Jim Al-Khalili ...
    In these lively and fascinating essays edited by theoretical physicist Jim Al-Khalili, scientists from around the world weigh in on the latest advances in the search for intelligent life in the universe and discuss just what that might look like.Since 2000, science has seen a surge in data and interest on several fronts related to E.T. (extraterrestrials); A.I. (artificial intelligence); and SETI ... Leer más

    $14.39 USD

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