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Campbell, Donald |
The Arecibo Observatory: A History of Innovation and Discovery |
I13284 |
2024 |
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De Angelis, Alessandro |
Galileo and Satellite Navigation |
I13266 |
2024 |
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Kinns, Roger |
The World of Visual Time Signals for Mariners |
I13226 |
2024 |
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von Gr??nberg, Hans-Hennig |
1924???1927: The Dawning of Quantum Mechanics |
I13219 |
2024 |
eBook |
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Sheehan, William |
Parallel Lives of Astronomers |
I13203 |
2024 |
eBook |
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Wang, Jie |
Eye Beyond the Sky |
I13153 |
2024 |
eBook |
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Gullberg, Steven |
Inca Cosmovision |
I13147 |
2024 |
eBook |
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Lippincott, Kristen |
Alessandro Piccolomini???s Early Astronomical Works: I. An Exploration of Their Cultural Significance |
I13143 |
2024 |
eBook |
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Dolan, Marion |
Decoding Astronomy in Maya Art and Architecture |
I13139 |
2024 |
eBook |
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Dekker, Elly |
Alessandro Piccolomini???s Early Astronomical Works: II. An Examination of Their Scientific Content |
I13133 |
2024 |
eBook |
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| Title | The Arecibo Observatory: A History of Innovation and Discovery |
| Author(s) | Campbell, Donald |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. |
| Description | XIV, 377 p. 210 illus., 91 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Written by one of its former Directors, this book presents a historical account of the famous Arecibo Observatory and its 305-meter radio astronomical telescope, widely known for its groundbreaking scientific discoveries and starring role in the James Bond movie, Golden Eye. The story details the planning, funding and construction of the telescope; the people who masterminded and contributed to the project; and the involvement of the US Department of Defense in funding the construction. It also includes the seminal scientific achievements in the three research areas to which the telescope contributed, ionospheric physics, planetary science and radio astronomy. The book continues through later upgrades made to the facility, showing how the Arecibo telescope was arguably the world???s most versatile and productive radio science instrument for over 50 years. This historical account will fascinate astronomers and historians of science, serving as a valuable contribution to the history of 20th century astronomy |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031752254 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
3. CIVIL ENGINEERING
4. EARTH SCIENCES
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Electrical and Electronic Engineering
8. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
9. History of Physics and Astronomy
10. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
11. PHYSICS
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| Title | Galileo and Satellite Navigation |
| Author(s) | De Angelis, Alessandro |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. |
| Description | IX, 73 p. 17 illus., 9 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book explores the Galilean method for geolocation, placing it in historical and astronomical context. It bridges the techniques developed by the Greeks and medieval astronomers with later innovations like precision clocks, 20th-century wireless technology, and space-based navigation. The primary source is the twenty-volume National Edition of the Works of Galileo (published 1890-1909 by Antonio Favaro) and the update edited by Michele Camerota and Patrizia Ruffo in 2019, which includes previously unpublished documents on Galileo's negotiations with the Spanish government for selling his longitude-determining method at sea. This book inspired the 2024 "International Research Day in the World," focused on geolocation, organized by the Italian Permanent Delegation to International Organizations in Paris. In collaboration with Museo Galileo in Florence and Sorbonne Universit??, the event featured the exhibition ???Galileo and Satellite Navigation,??? showcased at the Pierre et Marie Curie Campus in Paris (June 13-28, 2024), and later at the Italian Institutes of Culture in Prague and Amsterdam, and at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Canada |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031787997 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
6. GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
7. History of Physics and Astronomy
8. PHYSICS
9. SIGNAL PROCESSING
10. Signal, Speech and Image Processing
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| Title | The World of Visual Time Signals for Mariners : Time Balls, Time Guns, Time Lights and Other Signals |
| Author(s) | Kinns, Roger |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. |
| Description | X, 471 p. 252 illus., 186 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book describes the worldwide evolution of land-based visual time signals that were used by mariners in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries for accurate navigation at sea. They followed development of chronometers which were carried in ships to show mean time at Greenwich, the chosen prime meridian. Greenwich time could be compared with local astronomical time to determine longitude, but chronometers were mechanical devices that had to be checked for accuracy. Land-based signals that were regulated by astronomical observations evolved from the ideas in 1818 of Robert Wauchope, a British naval officer who served at the Cape of Good Hope. He inspired introduction of time balls, specifically the time ball at Greenwich in 1833 which set the standard for subsequent installations and is still in operation today. The main emphasis is on the external appearance of time signals at different locations around the world and how they were used by mariners for rating chronometers. Time ballsand guns also became popular signals for public use and workplace control but then had social and political implications |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031573347 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. History of Physics and Astronomy
4. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
5. PHYSICS
6. SCIENCE
7. SPACE
8. Space Studies
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| I13226 |
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| Title | 1924???1927: The Dawning of Quantum Mechanics |
| Author(s) | von Gr??nberg, Hans-Hennig;Griffiths, Alex |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2024. |
| Description | IX, 259 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In June of 1925, almost a hundred years ago, Werner Heisenberg spent ten days on the island of Heligoland - thanks to his hayfever. This respite afforded him the time to write an article that would mark the beginning of the history of modern quantum theory. Two years later, in October of 1927, the fifth Solvay Conference, arguably the most famous gathering in the history of physics, took place in Brussels, bringing the riveting story of the origins of quantum mechanics to a close. During this crucial and relatively short period between 1925 and 1927, eight physicists from five countries developed a theory that would radically change the physical understanding of our world and would become the basis for almost all advanced technologies: transistors, lasers, light-emitting diodes, medical imaging, the electron microscope and much more. The reader will travel through time from September 1924 to October 1927 and learn by way of monthly entries how quantum mechanics came into being, what the people involved experienced and thought in the context of the time they lived in, and how a unified whole slowly emerged from the interactions of these individuals. The book is aimed at laypeople who are fascinated by quantum mechanics and its history. They will learn that this theory, like Anita Berber, jazz or the invention of television, is a characteristic child of the 1920s. The Authors Hans Hennig von Gr??nberg completed his habilitation in the field of theoretical physics, was Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Graz, then president of a University of Applied Sciences and is now Professor of Knowledge and Technology Transfer at the University of Potsdam. Alexander Griffiths is a doctoral student in Literature at Freie Universit??t Berlin |
| ISBN,Price | 9783662700457 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. History of Physics and Astronomy
4. PHYSICS
5. QUANTUM PHYSICS
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| I13219 |
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| Title | Parallel Lives of Astronomers : Percival Lowell and Edward Emerson Barnard |
| Author(s) | Sheehan, William |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. |
| Description | XIV, 687 p. 273 illus., 47 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Using the "Parallel Lives" approach adopted by the Greek biographer Plutarch, noted historian of astronomy William Sheehan contrasts the lives and research careers of two famous astronomers, Percival Lowell and Edward Emerson Barnard. Drawing on vast archival materials and hitherto unpublished source materials, Sheehan documents in detail the contributions of these two late 19th and early 20th astronomers. Living at a time when controversies about Mars peaked, when great observatories were being built, and when research increasingly turned away from the Solar System toward the stellar and extra-galactic universe, these observers made spectacular contributions to astronomy. Their work still inspires, and continues in Perseverance rover's explorations of the surface of Mars carrying forward Lowell's dream of showing that Mars may once have been "the abode of life," and in Barnard's pioneering wide-angle photographs of the Milky Way which first showed the sweep, majesty and complexity of the Galaxy. The work of decades of research and writing, Sheehan has produced what is likely to become the definitive work on these two great astronomers. William Sheehan's many books include the authoritative biography The Immortal Fire Within: The Life and Work of Edward Emerson Barnard and (with Jim Bell) Discovering Mars: A History of Observation and Exploration of the Red Planet, which has been called the "gold standard of books on Mars" (Michio Kaku). |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031688003 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomers
2. Biographies of Physicists and Astronomers
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. History of Physics and Astronomy
6. Physicists
7. PHYSICS
8. SPACE
9. Space Studies
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| I13203 |
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| Title | Eye Beyond the Sky : 27 Telescopes and Space Probes, from Hooker to JWST |
| Author(s) | Wang, Jie |
| Publication | Singapore, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Nature Singapore, 2024. |
| Description | VIII, 409 p. 345 illus., 308 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book highlights stories of the most important 13 ground-based observatories and 14 space probes in human history, leading readers through each significant step of human???s astronomical observation journey. From the earliest Hooker Telescope and the Mount Wilson Observatory, to the latest FAST, JWST and DAMPE, the targets of observation range from large systems such as the solar system, the milky way, and the universe, to individual planets such as Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, and the remote stars, and to the matters that reveal the origin of the universe, such as dark matter and cosmic background radiation. The book presents the mysteries of the sky in an easily readable manner suitable for audiences of all ages who are curious about the universe and thirsty to know all the important discoveries in the past century, especially the last decade. With carefully-selected contents, the book weaves together a series of tales to make the convoluted history of astronomical observation full offun and excitement, ensuring that readers never lose interest during reading. |
| ISBN,Price | 9789819998180 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTRONAUTICS
4. ASTRONOMY
5. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
6. ASTROPHYSICS
7. COSMOLOGY
8. EBOOK
9. EBOOK - SPRINGER
10. History of Physics and Astronomy
11. OUTER SPACE
12. PHYSICS
13. Space Exploration and Astronautics
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| I13153 |
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| Title | Inca Cosmovision : The Astronomical Legacy of an Andean Empire |
| Author(s) | Gullberg, Steven;Rojas Gamarra, Milton |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. |
| Description | XVII, 186 p. 87 illus., 62 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The Inkas (Quechua spelling) worshipped the Sun, and their emperor was thought to be the son of the Sun. They conquered most of the Andes and their former empire is replete with examples of their astronomy. They used solar positions on the horizon for calendrical purposes and managed their crops and religious festivals in this manner. Many examples remain of their intentional light and shadow effects that demonstrate their sophisticated understanding of the Sun???s movement and of solar horizon events. Evidence of their astronomy can only be fully understood in its cultural context, and that is the focus of this book. Inka Cosmovision explores the cosmic worldview of the Inkas from the perspective of oral traditions passed from one generation to the next among the Inkas??? living descendants. You will learn about Inka astronomy in a way that you perhaps have never encountered. An author of the book is Quechua, a descendant of the Inkas, and what you will read benefits greatly not only from the field research of both authors, but from the many stories he learned from his parents and grandparents and from his Amauta, a highly respected Indigenous teacher of Inka culture. This book enlightens about Inka cosmovision as no other has before. |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031675805 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. AMERICA
2. ARCHAEOLOGY
3. Archaeology and Heritage
4. ASTRONOMY
5. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
6. Cultural property
7. EBOOK
8. EBOOK - SPRINGER
9. History of Physics and Astronomy
10. History of the Americas
11. PHYSICS
12. RELIGION AND SCIENCE
13. Religion and Sciences
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| Title | Alessandro Piccolomini???s Early Astronomical Works: I. An Exploration of Their Cultural Significance : With Editions and Translations of De la Sfera del Mondo and De le Stelle Fisse |
| Author(s) | Lippincott, Kristen |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. |
| Description | XIII, 292 p. 48 illus., 1 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book presents the first interdisciplinary study of Alessandro Piccolomini???s two early astronomical works ??? De la Sfera del Mondo and De le Stelle Fisse. First published in Venice in 1540, the two treatises are amongst the earliest scientific texts written in the vernacular (Italian) and were specifically composed to make astronomical principles and practices available to a lay reader. The book includes modern editions of the original Italian texts and an English translation of both treatises (all appended as Electronic Supplementary Material to the online edition), while also examining the contents of each treatise in depth. It explores the way in which Piccolomini addresses the theoretical underpinnings of the science of astronomy in his De la Sfera del Mondo by providing a version of Sacrobosco???s De sphaera, which he has expanded and updated to include the views of more recent natural philosophers and astronomers. The book also presents an extended study of De le Stelle Fisse and the unique method that Piccolomini devised for observing the stars, as well as explanatory notes on the sources behind his explanations of the mythographic sources of each constellation. In addition to this, the book presents a detailed examination of the cultural context in which Piccolomini wrote his treatises, focussing on such issues as how astronomy was taught in Italian universities in the 16th-century; the on-going debates on the viability of Italian as language as a means for discussing scientific ideas; and how Piccolomini navigated through the competitive and complicated world of book production in 16th-century Venice. Given that Piccolomini originally dedicated both treatises to his female friend, the Sienese aristocrat Laudomia Forteguerri, there is also a discussion of the mysteries behind their personal relationship; of the dynamics of Sienese society at the time; and, in particular, the role that the Sienese Accademia degli Intronati played in Piccolomini???s own intellectual development and the composition of his astronomical treatises. This book is a companion volume to Alessandro Piccolomini???s Early Astronomical Works: II. An Examination of Their Scientific Content by Elly Dekker in the same series |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031567865 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. History of Physics and Astronomy
6. PHYSICS
7. SCIENCE
8. SCIENCE EDUCATION
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| Title | Decoding Astronomy in Maya Art and Architecture |
| Author(s) | Dolan, Marion |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. |
| Description | XXVI, 312 p. 106 illus., 104 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The exciting discoveries and newest revelations in the field of archeoastronomy present fascinating examples of the importance of astronomy to the ancient Maya Civilization. Through technological advancements made in the archeoastronomy community, this book will allow you to uncover a time capsule from an ancient past. In a clear and comprehensible manner you will read about art and architecture from various important Maya cities, drawn from diverse time periods and from different geographical areas of Mesoamerica. The topics covered include new findings in wide variety of fields; including the history's of astronomy, science, art, architecture, literature and religion. You will explore in this book how the motions of the heavens were closely watched and notated by Maya astronomers and how those celestial objects determined the patterns of everyday life, religious rites, community festivals, agriculture, even birth and death! This book will open your mind to a deeper awareness and an even greater admiration for the Maya ingenuity in preserving their astronomical knowledge and passing it on to assist future generations. These latest findings will broaden our perception of the Maya cultures of the Pre-classic and their development through the Classic period and the remarkable changes that occurred throughout their 3000 years of history |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031610929 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ARCHAEOLOGY
2. ART
3. Art History
4. ASTRONOMY
5. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
6. COSMOLOGY
7. EBOOK
8. EBOOK - SPRINGER
9. History of Physics and Astronomy
10. PHYSICS
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| Title | Alessandro Piccolomini???s Early Astronomical Works: II. An Examination of Their Scientific Content |
| Author(s) | Dekker, Elly |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. |
| Description | XIII, 261 p. 147 illus., 6 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book presents the first detailed scientific examination of Alessandro Piccolomini???s two early astronomical works ??? De la Sfera del Mondo and De le Stelle Fisse. First published in Venice in 1540, the two treatises are amongst the earliest scientific texts written in the vernacular (Italian) and were specifically composed to make astronomical principles and practices available to a lay reader. Whereas De la Sfera del Mondo is essentially an updated adaptation of the theoretical astronomical material contained in Sacrobosco???s De Sphaera, this book examines his views on a number of key topics ??? such as precession, the motion of the solar apogee and the size and distance of the planets from Earth. The author also presents a radical reassessment of De le Stelle Fisse, focusing on the innovative methods Piccolomini employed to create a viewer-centric approach for identifying the stars. As such, Piccolomini???s guide to the heavens should be seen as a distant forerunner of the successful genre of elementary handbooks that were developed in the late 18th century, and which remain popular with amateur stargazers even in the 21st century. The book also addresses how Piccolomini???s treatises were used by contemporary astronomers by examining the manuscript notes that were left in various surviving copies of his books. It provides a convincing explanation of the unique directional notation on his stellar maps and assesses the relative accuracy of his stellar co-ordinates against contemporary and modern ephemerides and pictorial sources. It also argues that Piccolomini probably designed his distinctive series of maps of the constellations and the related Tables by using a celestial globe to compile his astronomical data. Finally, the author examines the series of refinements and corrections in the successive editions of Piccolomini???s two treatises, thereby showing the extent to which his two early astronomical treatises remained an on-going enterprise for over 60 years. This book is a companion volume to Alessandro Piccolomini???s Early Astronomical Works: I. An Exploration of Their Cultural Significance by Kristen Lippincott in the same series. |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031563300 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. History of Physics and Astronomy
6. PHYSICS
7. SCIENCE
8. SCIENCE EDUCATION
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