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Ansari, S.M |
History of Oriental Astronomy |
I10666 |
2002 |
eBook |
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Blunck, J??rgen |
Solar System Moons |
I08375 |
2010 |
eBook |
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Launay, Fran??oise |
The Astronomer Jules Janssen |
I07468 |
2012 |
eBook |
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| 14 |
Flammarion, Camille |
Camille Flammarion's The Planet Mars |
I06974 |
2015 |
eBook |
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Lunan, Duncan |
The Stones and the Stars |
I06653 |
2013 |
eBook |
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Hockey, Thomas |
Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers |
I06422 |
2014 |
eBook |
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Mobberley, Martin |
It Came From Outer Space Wearing an RAF Blazer! |
I05842 |
2013 |
eBook |
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Rhee, George |
Cosmic Dawn |
I05731 |
2013 |
eBook |
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Alexander, Rachel |
Myths, Symbols and Legends of Solar System Bodies |
I05468 |
2015 |
eBook |
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| Title | History of Oriental Astronomy : Proceedings of the Joint Discussion-17 at the 23rd General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union, organised by the Commission 41 (History of Astronomy), held in Kyoto, August 25???26, 1997 |
| Author(s) | Ansari, S.M |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 2002. |
| Description | XIII, 288 p : online resource |
| ISBN,Price | 9789401598620 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. Cultural heritage
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. HISTORY
7. History, general
8. Observations, Astronomical
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| Title | The Astronomer Jules Janssen : A Globetrotter of Celestial Physics |
| Author(s) | Launay, Fran??oise |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2012. |
| Description | XXII, 222 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Every aspect of the personality of Janssen (1824???1907) ??? that D???Artagnan of science, this bard of the Sun, and this audacious master builder ??? is covered here by Fran??oise Launay, his attentive and equally erudite biographer. A physicist, inventor and builder, Janssen was guided by his energy and curiosity. His research followed two directions: on the one hand the atmospheres of the Earth and the Sun, and on the other, two techniques: spectroscopy and photography. Among his numerous voyages across the globe, he went to Japan in 1874 to follow the transit of Venus in front of the Sun, the same year in which he invented his famous photographic revolver, which was, in truth, a great technical success. To observe the Sun during total eclipses he traveled to the Indies in 1868, to Oran in 1870 (escaping from besieged Paris by balloon!), returned to India in 1871, left for Siam in 1875 and, in 1883, for an island in the Pacific. One can thus understand why Henriette often complained of the solitude in which she was left by her peripatetic husband: ???There are men who leave their wives for mistresses; you do it for journeys!??? ... Basking in the glow of his success, Janssen was able to undertake the construction of the great astrophysical observatory of which he had dreamed. It was at Meudon that he had it built. From the Preface by Jean-Claude Pecker |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461406976 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. Cultural heritage
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
7. Observations, Astronomical
8. PHYSICS
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| Title | Camille Flammarion's The Planet Mars : As Translated by Patrick Moore |
| Author(s) | Flammarion, Camille;Sheehan, William |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2015. |
| Description | XXIII, 528 p. 318 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Camille Flammarion (1842-1925) began his career at 16 as a human computer under the great mathematician U. J. J. Le Verrier at the Paris Observatory. ??He soon tired of the drudgery; he was drawn to more romantic vistas, and at 19 wrote a book on an idea that he was to make his own???the habitability of other worlds. ??There followed a career as France???s greatest popularizer of astronomy, with over 60 titles to his credit. ??An admirer granted him a chateau at Juvisy-sur-l???Orge, and he set up a first-rate observatory dedicated to the study of the planet Mars. Finally, in 1892, he published his masterpiece, La Planete Mars et ses conditions d???habitabilite, a comprehensive summary of three centuries??? worth of literature on Mars, much of it based on his own personal research into rare memoirs and archives. ??As a history of that era, it has never been surpassed, and remains one of a handful of indispensable books on the red planet. Sir Patrick Moore (1923-2012) needs no introduction; his record of popularizing astronomy in Britain in the 20th century equaled Flammarion???s in France in the 19th century. ??Moore pounded out hundreds of books as well as served as presenter of the BBC???s TV program ???Sky at Night??? program for 55 years (a world record). ??Though Moore always insisted that the Moon was his chef-d???oeuvre, Mars came a close second, and in 1980 he produced a typescript of Flammarion???s classic. ??Unfortunately, even he found the project too daunting for his publish ers and passed the torch of keeping the project alive to a friend, the amateur astronomer and author William Sheehan, in 1993. Widely regarded as a leading historian of the planet Mars, ??Sheehan has not only meticulously compared and corrected Moore???s manuscript against Flammarion???s original so as to produce an authoritative text, he has ??added an important introduction showing the book???s significance in the history of Mars studies. ??Here results a book that remains an invaluable resource and is also a literary tour-de-force, in which the inimitable style of Flammarion has been rendered in the equally unique style of Moore |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319096414 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Cultural heritage
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
6. PHYSICS
7. PLANETOLOGY
8. Popular Science in Astronomy
9. SPACE SCIENCES
10. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | The Stones and the Stars : Building Scotland's Newest Megalith |
| Author(s) | Lunan, Duncan |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2013. |
| Description | XIX, 325 p. 190 illus., 114 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | There are at least 48 identified prehistoric stone circles in Scotland. ??In truth, very little is known about the people who erected them, and ultimately about what the stone circles were for. ??Most stone circles are astronomically aligned, which has led to the modern debate over the significance of the alignments. ??The megaliths certainly represented an enormous cooperative effort, would at the very least have demonstrated power and wealth, and being set away from any dwellings probably served a ceremonial, or perhaps religious, purpose. Observations at the site of the stone circles, of solar, lunar, and stellar events, have already cast light on some of the questions about the construction and use of ancient megalithic observatories. In his capacity as manager of the Glasgow Parks Department Astronomy Project, author Duncan Lunan designed and built in the late 1970s Sighthill, the first astronomically aligned stone circle in Britain in over 3,000 years. ??The Stones and the Stars examines the case for astronomical alignments of stone circles and charts the development of a fascinating project with a strong scientific and historical flavor. ??The work was documented in detail by artist and photographer Gavin Roberts, and the book contains a large selection of illustrations that bring the project vividly to life |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461453543 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ARCHAEOLOGY
2. ASTRONOMY
3. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
4. Astronomy???Observations
5. Cultural heritage
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. GEOLOGY
9. Observations, Astronomical
10. Popular Science in Astronomy
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| Title | Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers |
| Author(s) | Hockey, Thomas;Trimble, Virginia;Williams, Thomas R;Bracher, Katherine;Jarrell, Richard A;March?? II, Jordan D;Palmeri, JoAnn;Green, Daniel W.E |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2014. |
| Description | 292 illus., 28 illus. in color. eReference : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers is a unique and valuable resource for historians and astronomers alike. It includes approx. 1850 biographical sketches on astronomers from antiquity to modern times. It is the collective work of 430 authors edited by an editorial board of 8 historians and astronomers. This reference provides biographical information on astronomers and cosmologists by utilizing contemporary historical scholarship. The fully corrected and updated second edition adds approximately 300 biographical sketches. Based on ongoing research and feedback from the community, the new entries will fill gaps and provide expansions. In addition, greater emphasis on Russo phone astronomers and radio astronomers is given. Individual entries vary from 100 to 1500 words, including the likes of the super luminaries such as Newton and Einstein, as well as lesser-known astronomers like Galileo's acolyte, Mario Guiducci |
| ISBN,Price | 9781441999177 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. Astrophysics and Astroparticles
5. Cultural heritage
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
9. Observations, Astronomical
10. PHYSICS
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| Title | It Came From Outer Space Wearing an RAF Blazer! : A Fan's Biography of Sir Patrick Moore |
| Author(s) | Mobberley, Martin |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2013. |
| Description | XXVI, 655 p. 80 illus., 30 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | To British television viewers, the name ???Patrick Moore??? has been synonymous with Astronomy and Space Travel since he first appeared on The Sky at Night in 1957. To amateur astronomers he has been a source of inspiration, joy, humour and even an eccentric role model since that time. Most people know that his 55 years of presenting The Sky at Night is a world record, but what was he really like in person??? What did he do away from the TV cameras, in his observatory, and within the British Astronomical Association, the organisation that inspired him as a youngster? Also, precisely what did he do during the War Years, a subject that has always been shrouded in mystery? Martin Mobberley, a friend of Patrick Moore???s for 30 years, and a former President of the British Astronomical Association, has spent ten years exhaustively researching Patrick???s real life away from the TV cameras. His childhood, RAF service, tireless voluntary work for astronomy and charity and his endless book writing are all examined in detail. His astronomical observations are also examined in unprecedented detail, along with the battles he fought along the way and his hatred of bureaucracy and political correctness. No fan of Sir Patrick Moore can possibly live without this work on their bookshelf! |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319006093 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. Cultural heritage
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Popular Science in Astronomy
8. SCIENCE EDUCATION
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| Title | Cosmic Dawn : The Search for the First Stars and Galaxies |
| Author(s) | Rhee, George |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2013. |
| Description | XI, 279 p. 96 illus., 79 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The visible universe consists of stars and galaxies. One of the??challenges of astronomy is to understand how galaxies and stars first came into existence over thirteen billion years ago. This book tells??the story of our quest to solve this problem.??Four hundred years after Galileo used his telescope to discover the ??moons of Jupiter, we are using new telescopes and??instruments to search for??the first galaxies to form after the Big Bang.??This book brings the reader to the current??frontier of this subject and lays out some??of the exciting developments we can expect??in the years to come |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461478133 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
3. Astronomy???Observations
4. Cultural heritage
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Observations, Astronomical
8. Popular Science in Astronomy
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| Title | Myths, Symbols and Legends of Solar System Bodies |
| Author(s) | Alexander, Rachel |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2015. |
| Description | XVI, 234 p. 92 illus., 43 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book is an amateur astronomer???s guide to the mythology and symbolism associated with the celestial bodies in the Solar System, and even includes some of the legendary tales of people who had or have a connection with these objects. It explores different cultures (for example, the Greco-Roman and the Norse) and different times and how stories were used to explain the worlds they saw above them. You???d be amazed how much of our world today reflects the myths and stories of these cultures! ??Most amateur astronomers are familiar with the various Solar System objects, but they will be only peripherally aware of what ancient cultures thought of these other worlds. In fact, the mythology of the planets challenges many twenty-first century concepts and beliefs There are other books available on astromythology, but this one focuses mostly on our own Solar System, as opposed to the constellations and deep sky objects. ??Alexander offers a new angle on timeless subjects and is exciting, informative and dramatic, as well as surprisingly relevant to everyday life. Find out for yourself how our modern world is steeped in the bygone worlds of yesteryear |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461470670 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. Cultural heritage
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. METAPHYSICS
8. Popular Science in Astronomy
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