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Essays on astronomical history and heritage : a tribute to Wayne Orchiston on his 80th birthday / / edited by Steven Gullberg, Peter Robertson
| Essays on astronomical history and heritage : a tribute to Wayne Orchiston on his 80th birthday / / edited by Steven Gullberg, Peter Robertson |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (719 pages) |
| Disciplina |
050
520.9 |
| Collana | Historical & Cultural Astronomy |
| Soggetto topico | Astronomy - History |
| ISBN | 3-031-29493-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. COSMOS AND CULTURE: LINKING THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH -- Chapter 2. SWEDEN’S THIRTY DAYS IN FEBRUARY: CALENDAR REFORM -- Chapter 3. EARLY STAR CHARTS OF THE DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY -- Chapter 4. THE SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL CIVILIZATIONS: A SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL ADVENTURE -- Chapter 5. WHAT’S IN A NAME? THAT WHICH WE CALL ANDERS’ EARTHRISE, AS ‘PASTEUR T,’ DIDN’T SOUND AS SWEET (ADVENTURES IN LUNAR EXPLORATION AND NOMENCLATURE ON THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF APOLLO 8) -- Chapter 6. THE LIFE AND SCIENCE OF LÉON FOUCAULT AS A MUSE -- Chapter 7. THE MERE FANCIFUL ABSTRACTIONS OF SCIENCE -- Chapter 8. HENRY NORRIS RUSSELL’S CAMPAIGN TO MAKE PHYSICS THE CORE OF ASTROPHYSICS -- Chapter 9. ASTRONOMICAL TRAVELS IN ASIA -- Chapter 10. THE DISCOVERY OF THE COMA CLUSTER OF GALAXIES -- Chapter 11. FROM AIRCRAFT CARRIERS TO THE COSMOS: COMPARING AND CONTRASTING THE CAREERS OF JOHN BOLTON AND JOSEPH WEBER -- Chapter 12. GROTE REBER IN TASMANIA -- Chapter 13. WAYNE ORCHISTON AND THE HISTORY OF RADIO ASTRONOMY -- Chapter 14. THE HOLE-IN-THE-GROUND TELESCOPE AND THE DISCOVERY OF THE GALACTIC CENTRE -- Chapter 15. REMAINS OF THE DAY: HISTORICAL REMNANTS OF THE CSIRO RADIOPHYSICS FIELD STATIONS -- Chapter 16. HISTORY OF COSMIC MAGNETIC FIELDS -- Chapter 17. ‘WHERE'S WALDO?’ LEONARD WALDO AND THE 1878 TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS -- Chapter 18. THE EVOLUTION OF ‘METEOR’ AS AN ASTRONOMICAL TROPE 1560–1760 -- Chapter 19. NEW ZEALAND OBSERVATIONS OF THE GREAT COMET OF 1881, C/1881 K1 (TEBBUTT) -- Chapter 20. SOLAR ECLIPSES, WAYNE ORCHISTON, AND ME -- Chapter 21. POLITICS AND THE DIMENSIONS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM: JOHN WINTHROP’S OBSERVATIONS OF THE TRANSITS OF VENUS -- Chapter 22. INVESTIGATION OF SHANG DYNASTY ORACLE BONES AND ECLIPSES -- Chapter 23. ON JEAN-CHARLES HOUZEAU AND HILMAR DUERBECK: HOW TRANSITS OF VENUS MOLDED THEIR LATE PROFESSIONAL LIVES -- Chapter 24. WILLIAM HERSCHEL AND THE MOON -- Chapter 25. THE ‘NASHVILLE TRIO’ OF ASTRONOMERS AT THE DYER OBSERVATORY IN TENNESSEE: CARL SEYFERT, ROBERT HARDIE AND JOHN DEWITT -- Chapter 26. EARLY PHOTOMETERS AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, CAPE -- Chapter 27. EVOLUTIONS IN THE HISTORY OF VISUAL TIME SIGNALS FOR MARINERS -- Chapter 28. CLOSING ENCOUNTERS: THE EFFORTS OF THE NSW BRANCH OF THE BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION TO SAVE SYDNEY OBSERVATORY -- Chapter 29. FINDING COLONIAL NEW ZEALAND’S PLACE IN THE WORLD: ASTRONOMY AND A GEODESICAL SURVEYOR -- Chapter 30. INCA CULTURAL ASTRONOMY -- Chapter 31. THE ASTRONOMY OF THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLES OF THE SYDNEY BASIN -- Chapter 32. USING THE SIGNIFICANT HORIZONS METHODOLOGY TO DETERMINE POTENTIAL ASTRONOMICAL USE OF ABORIGINAL STONE ARRANGEMENTS -- Chapter 33. ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA IN PREMODERN ARMENIAN AND GEORGIAN WRITTEN SOURCES. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910739485903321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Golden Years of Australian Radio Astronomy : An Illustrated History
| Golden Years of Australian Radio Astronomy : An Illustrated History |
| Autore | Orchiston Wayne |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer Nature, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 pages) |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RobertsonPeter
Sullivan IIIWoodruff T |
| Collana | Historical and Cultural Astronomy |
| Soggetto topico |
History of science
Astronomy, space & time |
| Soggetto non controllato |
History of radio astronomy
CSIRO Radiophysics Laboratory John Bolton Taffy Bowen Chris Christiansen Discrete radio sources Field stations Hydrogen-line studies Frank Kerr Mills Cross Bernie Mills Parkes Radio Telescope Joe Pawsey Ruby Payne-Scott Radio source surveys Radioheliograph Sea interferometers Alex Shain Solar bursts and eclipses |
| ISBN | 3-319-91843-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996466843503316 |
Orchiston Wayne
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| Cham, : Springer Nature, 2021 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Golden Years of Australian Radio Astronomy : An Illustrated History
| Golden Years of Australian Radio Astronomy : An Illustrated History |
| Autore | Orchiston Wayne |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer Nature, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 pages) |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RobertsonPeter
Sullivan IIIWoodruff T |
| Collana | Historical and Cultural Astronomy |
| Soggetto topico |
History of science
Astronomy, space & time |
| Soggetto non controllato |
History of radio astronomy
CSIRO Radiophysics Laboratory John Bolton Taffy Bowen Chris Christiansen Discrete radio sources Field stations Hydrogen-line studies Frank Kerr Mills Cross Bernie Mills Parkes Radio Telescope Joe Pawsey Ruby Payne-Scott Radio source surveys Radioheliograph Sea interferometers Alex Shain Solar bursts and eclipses |
| ISBN | 3-319-91843-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910520064303321 |
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Orchiston Wayne
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| Cham, : Springer Nature, 2021 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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