Astrolabes in Medieval cultures / edited by Josefina Rodriguez-Arribas, Charles Burnett, Silke Ackermann, Ryan Szpiech |
Autore | Rodríguez-Arribas Josefina |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 522/.20902 |
Soggetto topico |
Astrolabes - History
Astronomical instruments - History Nautical instruments - History Astrolabis Instruments astronòmics Història de la ciència |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN | 90-04-38786-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Preface to the New Edition / Ryan Szpiech -- Preface to the First Edition -- Astrolabes in Medieval Cultures / Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas , Charles Burnett and Silke Ackermann -- Introduction -- Hic Sunt Dracones—Astrolabe Research Revisited / Silke Ackermann -- Astrolabes as Eclipse Computers: Four Early Arabic Texts on Construction and Use of the Ṣafīḥa Kusūfiyya / Johannes Thomann -- The Astrolabe Finger Ring of Bonetus de Latis: Study, Latin text, and English Translation with Commentary / Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas -- Some Features of the Old Castilian Alfonsine Translation of ʿAlī Ibn Khalaf’s Treatise on the Lámina Universal / Emilia Calvo -- From the Celestial Globe to the Astrolabe: Transferring Celestial Motion onto the Plane of the Astrolabe / Flora Vafea -- Knowledge in Motion: An Early European Astrolabe and Its Possible Medieval Itinerary / Petra G. Schmidl -- A Monumental Astrolabe Made for Shāh Jahān and Later Reworked with Sanskrit Legends / Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma -- Saphaeae and Hayʾāt: The Debate between Instrumentalism and Realism in Al-Andalus / Miquel Forcada -- Astrolabes on Parchment: The Astrolabes Depicted in Alfonso X’s Libro Del Saber De Astrología and Their Relationship to Contemporary Instruments / Laura Fernández Fernández -- Fit for a King: Decoding the Great Sloane Astrolabe and Other English Astrolabes with “Quatrefoil” Retes / John Davis -- European Astrolabes to circa 1500: An Ordered List / David A. King -- Too Many Arabic Treatises on the Operation of the Astrolabe in the Medieval Islamic World: Athīr Al-Dīn Al-Abharī’s Treatise on Knowing the Astrolabe and His Editorial Method / Taro Mimura -- Changing the Angle of Vision: Astrolabe Dials on Astronomical Clocks / Günther Oestmann -- Astrolabes for the King: The Astrolabe of Petrus Raimundi of Barcelona / Azucena Hernández -- A New Approach to the Star Data of Early Planispheric Astrolabes / Giorgio Strano -- Epilogue -- Reconstruction of the Plate of Eclipses according to the Description by ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā / Flora Vafea -- Back Matter -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793313203321 |
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Astrolabes in Medieval cultures / edited by Josefina Rodriguez-Arribas, Charles Burnett, Silke Ackermann, Ryan Szpiech |
Autore | Rodríguez-Arribas Josefina |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 522/.20902 |
Soggetto topico |
Astrolabes - History
Astronomical instruments - History Nautical instruments - History Astrolabis Instruments astronòmics Història de la ciència |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN | 90-04-38786-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Preface to the New Edition / Ryan Szpiech -- Preface to the First Edition -- Astrolabes in Medieval Cultures / Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas , Charles Burnett and Silke Ackermann -- Introduction -- Hic Sunt Dracones—Astrolabe Research Revisited / Silke Ackermann -- Astrolabes as Eclipse Computers: Four Early Arabic Texts on Construction and Use of the Ṣafīḥa Kusūfiyya / Johannes Thomann -- The Astrolabe Finger Ring of Bonetus de Latis: Study, Latin text, and English Translation with Commentary / Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas -- Some Features of the Old Castilian Alfonsine Translation of ʿAlī Ibn Khalaf’s Treatise on the Lámina Universal / Emilia Calvo -- From the Celestial Globe to the Astrolabe: Transferring Celestial Motion onto the Plane of the Astrolabe / Flora Vafea -- Knowledge in Motion: An Early European Astrolabe and Its Possible Medieval Itinerary / Petra G. Schmidl -- A Monumental Astrolabe Made for Shāh Jahān and Later Reworked with Sanskrit Legends / Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma -- Saphaeae and Hayʾāt: The Debate between Instrumentalism and Realism in Al-Andalus / Miquel Forcada -- Astrolabes on Parchment: The Astrolabes Depicted in Alfonso X’s Libro Del Saber De Astrología and Their Relationship to Contemporary Instruments / Laura Fernández Fernández -- Fit for a King: Decoding the Great Sloane Astrolabe and Other English Astrolabes with “Quatrefoil” Retes / John Davis -- European Astrolabes to circa 1500: An Ordered List / David A. King -- Too Many Arabic Treatises on the Operation of the Astrolabe in the Medieval Islamic World: Athīr Al-Dīn Al-Abharī’s Treatise on Knowing the Astrolabe and His Editorial Method / Taro Mimura -- Changing the Angle of Vision: Astrolabe Dials on Astronomical Clocks / Günther Oestmann -- Astrolabes for the King: The Astrolabe of Petrus Raimundi of Barcelona / Azucena Hernández -- A New Approach to the Star Data of Early Planispheric Astrolabes / Giorgio Strano -- Epilogue -- Reconstruction of the Plate of Eclipses according to the Description by ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā / Flora Vafea -- Back Matter -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810496803321 |
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The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life [[electronic resource] ] : The Search for Our Cosmic Roots / / by Pekka Teerikorpi, Mauri Valtonen, Kirsi Lehto, Harry Lehto, Gene Byrd, Arthur Chernin |
Autore | Teerikorpi Pekka |
Edizione | [2nd ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIX, 584 p. 258 illus., 34 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 523.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Cosmologia
Història de la ciència Astrobiology Cosmology Planetology Astrophysics Physics Astrophysics and Astroparticles History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN | 3-030-17921-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Part 1: The Widening World View -- When Science Was Born -- Science in Athens -- Planetary Spheres and the Size of the Universe -- Medieval Cosmology -- The Roots of the Copernican Revolution -- The True Laws of Planetary Motion Revealed -- Galileo Galilei and His Successors -- How Far Away Are the Stars? -- The Scale of the Solar System -- Part 2: Physical Laws of Nature -- Newton -- Celestial Mechanics -- Nature of Light -- Electricity and Magnetism -- Time and Space -- Curved Space and Gravity -- Atoms and Nuclei -- Strange Microworld -- Elementary Particles -- Part 3: The Universe -- Stars: Cosmic Fusion Reactors -- The Riddle of the Milky Way -- Entering the Galaxy Universe -- Large-scale Structure of the Universe -- Finite or Infinite Universe: Cosmological Models -- When it all Began: Big Bang -- The Dark Side of the Universe -- Active Galaxies: Messages Through Radio Waves -- Origin of Galaxies -- Part 4: Life in the Universe -- The Nature of Life -- The Origin of Earth and its Moon -- Emergence and Evolution of Life -- Life and our Solar System -- Extrasolar Planetary Systems and Life in other Solar Systems -- Human’s Role in the Universe -- Recommended Reading -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910349501903321 |
Teerikorpi Pekka
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Pioneers of color science / / Renzo Shamey, Rolf G. Kuehni |
Autore | Shamey R. |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2020] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXXVI, 431 p. 198 illus., 85 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 509.22 |
Soggetto topico |
Color - History
Scientists Science - History Història de la ciència Color Científics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN | 3-319-30811-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledging Contributions -- About the Authors -- Chapter I-The Classical Greek Period & Beyond -- Chapter II- 8-13th C, The Islamic Golden Age -- Chapter III- 13-15 C: Middle Ages & The Renaissance -- Chapter IV-The Scientific Revolution Period -- Chapter V- 19th Century to Present Day: The Industrial and Modern World. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996418446003316 |
Shamey R.
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Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2020] | ||
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Pioneers of color science / / Renzo Shamey, Rolf G. Kuehni |
Autore | Shamey R. |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2020] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXXVI, 431 p. 198 illus., 85 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 509.22 |
Soggetto topico |
Color - History
Scientists Science - History Història de la ciència Color Científics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN | 3-319-30811-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledging Contributions -- About the Authors -- Chapter I-The Classical Greek Period & Beyond -- Chapter II- 8-13th C, The Islamic Golden Age -- Chapter III- 13-15 C: Middle Ages & The Renaissance -- Chapter IV-The Scientific Revolution Period -- Chapter V- 19th Century to Present Day: The Industrial and Modern World. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910427672303321 |
Shamey R.
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