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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 Peruvian astronomy. This title is of particular appeal to those with research interests in applied historical astronomy; archaeoastronomy; calendars, manuscripts, and star charts; historical instruments and observatories, and the history of radio astronomy.

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Author:   Wayne Orchiston ,  Tsuko Nakamura ,  Richard G. Strom
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2011
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.369kg
ISBN:  

9781493941056

ISBN 10:   1493941054
Pages:   660
Publication Date:   23 August 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Contents.- Foreword.- Participants.- Conference Program.- Part I: Applied Historical Astronomy.- Paper (Stephenson Eclipses).- Paper(Tanikama et al.).- Paper (Nha II-Seong Eclipse).- Paper (Strom).- Part II: Archaeoastronomy.- Paper (Vahia).- Paper (Gullberg and Malville).- Part III: Astronomers, Books, Manuscripts, and Star Charts.- Paper (Hafex et al.).- Paper (Soma and Tanikawa).- Paper (Ohashi).- Paper (Yosida and Nakamura).- Paper (Nah II-Seong Planisphere).- Paper (Stephenson Korean MS).- Part IV: Nineteenth Century Transits of Venus and Solar Eclipses.- Paper (Cottam ToV).- Paper (Pearson et al.).- Paper (Solar Eclipses).- Part V: The History of Australian Radio Astronomy.- Paper (Wendt et al. Potts Hills).- Paper (Wendt et al. Murraybank).- Paper (Stewart et al. Wild).- Paper (Wendt Wild and H-line).- Paper (Wendt et al. Christiansen).- Stewart (Retrospective).

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Wayne Orchiston is an Associate Professor in the Center for Astronomy at James Cook University (Australia), where he supervises a large pool of off-campus Ph.D. students and carries out research on the history of Australian, English, French, Indian, New Zealand, and USA astronomy. He also edits the 'Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage.' Until his recent retirement, Tsuko Nakamura carried out research on solar system astronomy and the history of Japanese astronomy whilst working at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan in Tokyo. He is currently Professor of Astronomy at Teikyo-Heisei University in Tokyo, Japan. Richard Strom recently retired as Chief Scientist at ASTRON, where he carried out radio astronomical research, while also investigating the history of Dutch radio astronomy and aspects of Chinese astronomical history. He is now an Adjunct Professor in the Center for Astronomy at James Cook University (Australia). In 2010 he will spend half a year as a Visiting Professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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