1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458068103321

Titolo

2005 [[electronic resource] ] : past meets present in astronomy and astrophysics : proceedings of the 15th Portuguese National Meeting, University of Lisbon & Lisbon Astronomical Observatory 28-30 July 2005 / / editors, José Afonso ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2006

ISBN

1-281-92457-1

9786611924577

981-277-306-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (120 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AfonsoJosé

Disciplina

520

Soggetti

Astronomy

Astrophysics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS               ; Foreword               ; Modern Astrophysics                          ; Evolution of the spin of Mercury and its capture into the 3/2 spin-orbit resonance                                                                                         ; Trans-Neptunian Objects and Associated Families: confronting colors, correlations and evolution models; The origin of the spins of Kuiper Belt objects

Magnetic Turbulence in the solar wind and the earth's plasma sheet                                                                         The structure revealed by Spitzer in NGC 2264                                                    ; Recent Results on Interstellar Turbulence                                                ; Asteroseismology and Variability of Young Stars                                                      ; On the problem of magnetic braking

A first step for Automatic Stellar Parameter Determination                                                                 Giant Transiting Planets Observations - GITPO                                                    ; Probing the structure and atmospheres of extra-solar planets                                                                   ; What's going on in Canis Major?                                      ; Study of three galaxy clusters at intermediate redshifts

Modelling the Warm Absorber in NGC 3783 with the TITAN code                                                                  Astrophysical Tests of Fundamental Physics                                                



; Gamma Ray Bursts as Cosmological Probes                                              ; Braneworld cosmology: sneutrino inflation and leptogenesis                                                                 ; XCS - Current Status

Deep radio observations in the CDFS/GOODS field: optical and X-ray identifications                                                                                         The nature of the optical faint sub-millijansky radio sources: the VLT/VIMOS view                                                                                        ; AMS - a magnetic spectrometer on the international space station                                                                       ; History of Astronomy

The legacy of Sacrobosco: Tractatus de Sphaera

Sommario/riassunto

This volume considers recent theoretical and observational developments in astronomy and astrophysics with contributions on solar system bodies, extrasolar planets, star formation, galaxy evolution and cosmology. A special section is dedicated to the history of astronomy including papers on the history of the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon, time service and legal time, the 1870 solar eclipse expedition, and a comparison between Monteiro da Rocha and Wilhelm Olbers ́methods for the determination of the orbits of comets.  <i>Sample Chapter(s)</i><br>Chapter 1: Evolution of the Spin of Mercu



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785945203321

Titolo

Witchcraft, healing, and popular diseases / / edited with introductions by Brian P. Levack

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2001

ISBN

1-136-53939-5

1-283-71384-5

0-203-05584-5

1-136-53932-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 p.)

Collana

New perspectives on witchcraft, magic, and demonology ; ; v. 5

Altri autori (Persone)

LevackBrian P

Disciplina

133.4

133.43

Soggetti

Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric

Traditional medicine

Witchcraft - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

New Perspectives on Witchcraft, Magic and DemonologyWitchcraft, Healing, and Popular Diseases; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Folk Medicine as Part of a Larger Concept Complex; Healing Charms in Use in England and Wales, 1700-1950; From Cunning Man to Natural Healer; Historians as Demonologists: The Myth of the Midwife Witch; Witch Doctors, Soothsayers, and Priests. On Cunning Folk in European Historiography and Tradition; On the Trail of the Witches: Wise Women, Midwives and the European Witch Hunts

The Rational Witchfinder: Conscience, Demonological Naturalism, and Popular SuperstitionsWitchcraft and Popular Religion in Early Modern Rothenburg ob der Tauber; Magical Healing, Love Magic, and the Inquisition in Late Sixteenth-Century Modena; The Church, theDevil and theHealing Activities of Living Saints in the Kingdom of Naples after the Council of Trent; Witchcraft Beliefs and Social Control in Seventeenth-Century Malta; Magic, Popular Medicine, and Gender in Seventeenth-Century Mexico: The Case of Isabel de Montoya

Witchcraft in Portugal during the Eighteenth Century, Analysed through



the Accusations of the Tribunal do Santo Oficio deÉvoraShamanistic Elements in Central European Witchcraft; Indian Shamans and English Witches in Seventeenth-Century New England; Shaman, Healer, Witch. Comparing Shamanism with Franconian Folk Magic; Acknowledgments

Sommario/riassunto

Witchcraft and magical beliefs have captivated historians and artists for millennia, and stimulated an extraordinary amount of research among scholars in a wide range of disciplines. This new collection, from the editor of the highly acclaimed 1992 set, Articles on Witchcraft, Magic, and Demonology, extends the earlier volumes by bringing together the most important articles of the past twenty years and covering the profound changes in scholarly perspective over the past two decades. Featuring thematically organized papers from a broad spectrum of publications, the volumes in