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Selin, Helaine |
Astronomy Across Cultures |
I11171 |
2000 |
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Padmanabhan, Thanu |
Astronomy in India: A Historical Perspective |
I06542 |
2014 |
eBook |
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Holbrook, Jarita |
African Cultural Astronomy |
I05991 |
2008 |
eBook |
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Ruggles, Clive L.N |
Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy |
I05954 |
2015 |
eBook |
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Baracca, Angelo |
The History of Physics in Cuba |
I05931 |
2014 |
eBook |
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Wijk, N |
Decimal Tables for the Reduction of Hindu Dates from the Data of the S??rya-Siddh??nta |
I03428 |
1938 |
eBook |
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Rasmussen, Jens |
Human Detection and Diagnosis of System Failures |
I00387 |
1981 |
eBook |
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| Title | Astronomy Across Cultures : The History of Non-Western Astronomy |
| Author(s) | Selin, Helaine |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 2000. |
| Description | XXIII, 665 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Astronomy Across Cultures: A History of Non-Western Astronomy consists of essays dealing with the astronomical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Polynesian, Egyptian and Tibetan astronomy, among others, the book includes essays on Sky Tales and Why We Tell Them and Astronomy and Prehistory, and Astronomy and Astrology. The essays address the connections between science and culture and relate astronomical practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay is well illustrated and contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills a gap in both the history of science and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups |
| ISBN,Price | 9789401141796 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. Culture???Study and teaching
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. HISTORY
7. History of Mathematical Sciences
8. History, general
9. MATHEMATICS
10. Observations, Astronomical
11. Regional and Cultural Studies
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| Title | Astronomy in India: A Historical Perspective |
| Author(s) | Padmanabhan, Thanu |
| Publication | New Delhi, Springer India, 2014. |
| Description | X, 152 p. 37 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | India has a strong and ancient tradition of astronomy, which seamlessly merges with the current activities in Astronomy and Astrophysics in the country. While the younger generation of astronomers and students are reasonably familiar with the current facilities and the astronomical research, they might not have an equally good knowledge of the rich history of Indian astronomy. This particular volume, brought out as a part of the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of Indian National Science Academy, concentrates on selected aspects of historical development of Indian astronomy in the form of six invited chapters. Two of the chapters ??? by Balachandra Rao and M.S. Sriram ??? cover ancient astronomy and the development of calculus in the ancient Kerela text Yuktibhasa. The other four chapters by B.V. Sreekantan, Siraj Hasan, Govind Swarup and Jayant Narlikar deal with the contemporary history of Indian astronomy covering space astronomy, optical astronomy, radio astronomy and developments in relativistic astrophysics. These chapters, written by experts in the field, provide an in-depth study of the subject and make this volume quite unique |
| ISBN,Price | 9788184899986 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. Culture???Study and teaching
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. HISTORY
8. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
9. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
10. PHYSICS
11. Popular Science in Astronomy
12. Regional and Cultural Studies
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| Title | African Cultural Astronomy : Current Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy research in Africa |
| Author(s) | Holbrook, Jarita;Medupe, R. Thebe;Urama, Johnson O |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 2008. |
| Description | VIII, 260 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Astronomy is the science of studying the sky using telescopes and light collectors such as photographic plates or CCD detectors. However, people have always studied the sky and continue to study the sky without the aid of instruments this is the realm of cultural astronomy. This is the first scholarly collection of articles focused on the cultural astronomy of Africans. It weaves together astronomy, anthropology, and Africa. The volume includes African myths and legends about the sky, alignments to celestial bodies found at archaeological sites and at places of worship, rock art with celestial imagery, and scientific thinking revealed in local astronomy traditions including ethnomathematics and the creation of calendars. Authors include astronomers Kim Malville, Johnson Urama, and Thebe Medupe; archaeologist Felix Chami, and geographer Michael Bonine, and many new authors. As an emerging subfield of cultural astronomy, African cultural astronomy researchers are focused on training students specifically for doing research in Africa. The first part of the volume contains lessons and exercises to help the beginning student of African cultural astronomy. Included are exercises in archaeoastronomy, cultural anthropology, and naked-eye astronomy penned by authors who use these regularly use these methods for their research. This collection of lessons and research papers provides a foundation for the cultural astronomy researcher interested in doing work in Africa |
| ISBN,Price | 9781402066399 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
4. Astronomy???Observations
5. ASTROPHYSICS
6. Culture???Study and teaching
7. EBOOK
8. EBOOK - SPRINGER
9. HISTORY
10. History, general
11. Observations, Astronomical
12. Regional and Cultural Studies
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| Title | Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy |
| Author(s) | Ruggles, Clive L.N |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2015. |
| Description | 969 illus., 372 illus. in color. eReference : online resource |
| Abstract Note | How human communities interpret what they perceive in the sky is vital in fulfilling humankind???s most basic need to comprehend the universe it inhabits, both from a modern scientific perspective and from countless other cultural standpoints, extending right back to early prehistory. Archaeoastronomy, which is concerned with cultural perceptions and understandings of astronomical phenomena, is a rich cross-disciplinary field. The central aim of ???Handbook of Archaeoastronomy??? is to provide a reliable source for theory, method, interpretation and best practices that will give a definitive picture of the state of the art research in this field for serious scholars regardless of the discipline(s) in which they are qualified. It will be equally suitable for those already contributing to the field and those interested in entering it. Also included are studies in ethnoastronomy, which is concerned with contemporary practices related to astronomy, particularly among modern indigenous societies. A major part of this MRW is comprised of a set of wide-ranging archaeoastronomical case studies both geographically and through time, stretching right back to Palaeolithic days, and also in terms of the types of human society and nature of their astronomical ideas and practices. However, these are chosen in order to best illuminate broader issues and themes, rather than to attempt, for example, to provide systematic coverage of recent ???discoveries.??? Thematic articles cover general themes such as cosmologies, calendars, navigation, orientations and alignments, and ancient perceptions of space and time. They also highlight various aspects of the social context of astronomy (its relationship to social power, warfare, etc) and how we interpret astronomical practices within the framework of conceptual approaches. There are also discussions of broad issues such as ethnocentrism, nationalism, and astronomical dating. The ???methods and practices??? articles cover topics from field methodology and survey procedures to social theory, as well as providing broad definitions and explanations of key concepts. We are also including a number of ???disciplinary perspectives??? on approaches to archaeoastronomy written by leading figures in the constituent fields. These articles cover material that, generally speaking, would be familiar to graduates in the relevant discipline but, critically, not so to those with different backgrounds |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461461418 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ARCHAEOLOGY
2. ASTRONOMY
3. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
4. ASTROPHYSICS
5. Culture???Study and teaching
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
9. Human geography
10. PHYSICS
11. Regional and Cultural Studies
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| Title | The History of Physics in Cuba |
| Author(s) | Baracca, Angelo;Renn, J??rgen;Wendt, Helge |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 2014. |
| Description | XXVI, 446 p. 24 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book brings together a broad spectrum of authors, both from inside and from outside Cuba, who describe the development of Cuba's scientific system from the colonial period to the present. It is a unique documentation of the self-organizing power of a local scientific community engaged in scientific research on an international level. The first part includes several contributions that reconstruct the different stages of the history of physics in Cuba, from its beginnings in the late colonial era to the present. The second part comprises testimonies of Cuban physicists, who offer lively insights from the perspective of the actors themselves. The third part presents a series of testimonies by foreign physicists, some of whom were directly involved in developing Cuban physics, in particular in the development of teaching and research activities in the early years of the Escuela de F??sica. The fourth part of the volume deals with some of the issues surrounding the publishing of scientific research in Cuba. Cuba???s recent history and current situation are very controversial issues. Little is known about the development and status of higher education and scientific research on the island. However, Cuba has one of the highest proportions in the world of people with a university degree or doctorate and is known for its highly developed medical system. This book focuses on a comprehensive overview of the history of the development of one specific scientific discipline: physics in Cuba. It traces the evolution of an advanced research system in a developing country and shows a striking capacity to link the development of modern research with the concrete needs of the country and its population. A little known aspect is the active participation of several ???western??? physicists and technicians during the 1960s, the role of summer schools, organized by French, Italian, and other western physicists, as well as the active collaboration with European universities |
| ISBN,Price | 9789401780414 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Culture???Study and teaching
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. HISTORY
5. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
6. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
7. PHYSICS
8. Regional and Cultural Studies
9. Regional economics
10. Regional/Spatial Science
11. Spatial economics
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| Title | Human Detection and Diagnosis of System Failures |
| Author(s) | Rasmussen, Jens;Rouse, William B |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer US, 1981. |
| Description | X, 716 p. 14 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book includes all of the papers presented at the NATO Symposium on Human Detection and Diagnosis of System Failures held at Roskilde, Denmark on August 4-8, 1980. The Symposium was sponsored by the Scientific Affairs Division of NATO and the Rise National Laboratory of Denmark. The goal of the Symposium was to continue the tradition initiated by the NATO Symposium on Monitoring Behavior and Supervisory Control held in Berchtesgaden, F .R. Germany in 1976 and the NATO Symposium on Theory and Measurement of Mental Workload held in Mati, Greece in 1977. To this end, a group of 85 psychologists and engineers coming from industry, government, and academia convened to discuss, and to generate a "state-of-the-art" consensus of the problems and solutions associated with the human IS ability to cope with the increasing scale of consequences of failures within complex technical systems. The Introduction of this volume reviews their findings. The Symposium was organized to include brief formal presentations of papers sent to participants about two months in advance of the meeting, and considerable discussion both during plenary sessions and within more specialized workshops. Summaries of the discussions and workshop reports appear in this volume |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461592303 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Culture???Study and teaching
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. Regional and Cultural Studies
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