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America’s First Eclipse Chasers [[electronic resource] ] : Stories of Science, Planet Vulcan, Quicksand, and the Railroad Boom / / by Thomas Hockey
| America’s First Eclipse Chasers [[electronic resource] ] : Stories of Science, Planet Vulcan, Quicksand, and the Railroad Boom / / by Thomas Hockey |
| Autore | Hockey Thomas |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (461 pages) |
| Disciplina | 509 |
| Collana | Popular Astronomy |
| Soggetto topico |
Physics—History
Astronomy—Observations United States—History Science—History History of Physics and Astronomy Astronomy, Observations and Techniques US History History of Science |
| ISBN |
9783031241246
9783031241239 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Introduction: “The Rush of this Black Wing of Night” -- Chapter 2. A TRANS-AMERICAN ECLIPSE -- Chapter 3. SOME LIGHT UPON THIS DARK SUBJECT -- Chapter 4. NAVY ASTRONOMERS 2,000 KILOMETERS ASHORE -- Chapter 5. THE VAST BLACK ORB -- Chapter 6. NEW ASTRONOMY IN THE OLD WEST -- Chapter 7. OBSERVING IN STYLE -- Chapter 8. MEETING OF THE GRAYHAIRS -- Chapter 9. Overhanging Monster Wings:” The Philadelphia Photographic Corp -- Chapter 10. SURVEYING A SOLAR ECLIPSE -- Chapter 11. The Canadians: Toques on the Frontier -- Chapter 12. Chasing the Umbra through Time and Space -- Chapter 13. A DARKNESS THAT CAN BE FELT -- Chapter 14. STANDING OF THE EDGE LOOKING UP -- Chapter 15. VULCAN -- Chapter 16. AMERICANS IN TOTALITY -- Chapter 17. IN THE SHADOW OF BENJAMIN BANNEKER and “EVEN THOUGHTLESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN HUSH . . .” -- Chapter 18. FIRE CLOUD -- Chapter 19. WHAT DID IT ALL MEAN? -- Chapter 20. . . . AND WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT?. |
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Athanasius Kircher, the Mysteries of the Geocosmos, Magnetism, and the Universe [[electronic resource] /] / by Agustín Udías
| Athanasius Kircher, the Mysteries of the Geocosmos, Magnetism, and the Universe [[electronic resource] /] / by Agustín Udías |
| Autore | Udías Agustín |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2024.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (155 pages) |
| Disciplina | 001.2092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - History
Mathematics History Physics - History History of Science History of Mathematical Sciences History of Physics and Astronomy |
| ISBN | 3-031-53008-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Athanasius Kircher’s life and works -- The museum and correspondence -- The books -- 3. The geocosmos and the interior of the Earth -- Short index of the twelve books -- Preface: Earthquakes and volcanoes -- The Earth center of the universe -- The interior of the Earth -- The oceans and seas -- The subterranean fire, water and air -- Fountains, rivers, and lakes -- The terrestrial element -- Nature of the geocosmos -- Fossils, subterranean animals, men, and demons -- Poisons in the subterranean world -- Metals and mines -- Chemical transformations -- "Panspermia", the origin of plants and animals -- Chemical work -- 4. Magnetism and the cosmic magnetic chain -- Early work on magnetism and the Earth’s magnetic field -- Kircher and magnetism -- Nature and properties of magnets -- Magnetic declination -- Observations of magnetic declination -- The magnetic map -- Causes of magnetic declination -- Magnetism as a cosmic and spiritual force -- 5. A space journey and the vision of the universe -- Introduction -- Preambles by Schott and Kircher -- Preamble by Schott -- Preamble by Kircher -- Dialog I: Journeys to Moon, Venus, Mercury, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and the Firmament -- Dialog II: God’s providence in the work of the World -- Ecstatic Journey II -- Dialog I: The water element and the universal principle of things -- Dialog II: The admirable arcane of the Geocosmos or Terrestrial World -- Dialog III: Ecstatic journey to the subterranean world -- 6. Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Books on Athanasius Kircher published from 2000 to 2020 -- Appendix 2. Table of Contents of Mundus subterraneus -- Appendix 3. Table of Contents of Magnes sive de arte Magnetica -- Appendix 4. Table of Contents of Iter exstaticum coelestem -- Kircher’s Works Mentioned -- Bibliography -- Index by Names. |
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Udías Agustín
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Beams [[electronic resource] ] : The Story of Particle Accelerators and the Science They Discover / / by Volker Ziemann
| Beams [[electronic resource] ] : The Story of Particle Accelerators and the Science They Discover / / by Volker Ziemann |
| Autore | Ziemann Volker |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2024.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (X, 198 p. 70 illus., 67 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 539.73 |
| Collana | Copernicus Books, Sparking Curiosity and Explaining the World |
| Soggetto topico |
Particle accelerators
Particles (Nuclear physics) Physics - History Accelerator Physics Particle Physics History of Physics and Astronomy |
| ISBN | 3-031-51852-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Accelerator Prehistory -- 3 Nature's Accelerators -- 4 The Echo of Rutherford's Call -- 5 The Cosmotron Meets the Strangeness of Physics -- 6 CERN and the Taming of the Zoo -- 7 A Monster Encounters Quarks -- 8 Spearheading Charm -- 9 The Tevatron and Generation Matters -- 10 Particle Horns of Plenty -- 11 Large Hadron Colliders -- 12 Future Accelerators -- 13 Special-Purpose Accelerators -- 14 Epilogue -- Timeline -- Selected Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index. |
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A Biography of Our Sun : From Ancient Myths and Artifacts to Modern Art and Astrophysics / / by Laura Pesce
| A Biography of Our Sun : From Ancient Myths and Artifacts to Modern Art and Astrophysics / / by Laura Pesce |
| Autore | Pesce Laura |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2024.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (122 pages) |
| Disciplina | 523.7 |
| Soggetto topico |
Art - History
Physics - History Astrophysics Anthropology and the arts Solar Physics Art History History of Physics and Astronomy Anthropology of the Arts |
| ISBN | 3-031-54729-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. A Brief Introduction to the Sun -- Chapter 2. Prehistory and the Beginning of History -- Chapter 3. Across the Ocean -- Chapter 4. The Old World -- Chapter 5. Asia -- Chapter 6. The Middle Ages -- Chapter 7. Rebirth -- Chapter 8. The Age of Enlightenment -- Chapter 9. Space, the Last Frontier -- Chapter 10. Contemporary Myths and Art Inspired by the Sun -- Chapter 11. Solar Energy -- Chapter 12. This Is the End. |
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Pesce Laura
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Bruno Touschek 100 Years [[electronic resource] ] : Memorial Symposium 2021 / / edited by Luisa Bonolis, Luciano Maiani, Giulia Pancheri
| Bruno Touschek 100 Years [[electronic resource] ] : Memorial Symposium 2021 / / edited by Luisa Bonolis, Luciano Maiani, Giulia Pancheri |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (X, 307 p. 128 illus., 93 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 539.72 |
| Collana | Springer Proceedings in Physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Particle accelerators Mathematical physics Physics - History Particle Physics Accelerator Physics Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics History of Physics and Astronomy |
| ISBN | 3-031-23042-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Bruno “Burl” Touschek -- Bruno Touschek (1921-1978). The path to electron-positron collisions -- AdA at Orsay -- Bruno Touschek and Statistical Mechanics -- Role of Bruno Touschek in the Realization of the Particle-Antiparticle Colliders -- Adone, Asymptotic Freedom and QCD -- The Standard Theory and Theoretical Physics in Roma -- Detectors and Experiments at the Laboratory for Electro-strong Physics: a personal view -- From the hadronic string to quantum gravity and back -- QCD and Supercomputers -- Bruno Touschek and the physics at Frascati at the time of AdA and ADONE -- Accelerators at LNF: From AdA to EuPRAXIA -- Accelerator Physics at IJCLab-ORSAY -- Technical challenges for future accelerators -- The making of AdA: Bruno Touschek’s journey from Widerøe’s betatron to storage rings -- The Making of ADONE -- Spontaneous symmetry breaking in particle physics -- String Theory -- Multi-Messenger Astronomy -- High Energy Physics and the European Strategy -- Circular Colliders in China -- Linear Colliders -- Remembering Bruno Touschek. |
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Cincinnati Observatory [[electronic resource] ] : Its Critical Role in the Birth and Evolution of Astronomy in America / / by Stella Cottam, John E. Ventre
| Cincinnati Observatory [[electronic resource] ] : Its Critical Role in the Birth and Evolution of Astronomy in America / / by Stella Cottam, John E. Ventre |
| Autore | Cottam Stella |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2024.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 pages) |
| Disciplina | 509 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | VentreJohn E |
| Collana | Historical & Cultural Astronomy |
| Soggetto topico |
Physics - History
Astronomy - Observations Space History of Physics and Astronomy Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Space Studies |
| ISBN | 3-031-46034-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Astronomy Comes to Cincinnati -- Chapter 2: John Quincy Adams - The Great Orator -- Chapter 3: Birthplace of American Astronomy -- Chapter 4: What's the Weather Going to Be, Professor?- Chapter 5: Ramping Up an Institution at a New Location -- Chapter 6: 45 Years of Classical Astronomy -- Chapter 7: Astronomy Survives the Depression -- Chapter 8: Patriotism, Science, and Pop Culture -- Chapter 9: Saving the Observatory -- Chapter 10: Epilogue. |
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The Concept of Matter [[electronic resource] ] : A Journey from Antiquity to Quantum Physics / / by Florestano Evangelisti
| The Concept of Matter [[electronic resource] ] : A Journey from Antiquity to Quantum Physics / / by Florestano Evangelisti |
| Autore | Evangelisti Florestano |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (207 pages) |
| Disciplina | 530.411 |
| Collana | History of Physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Condensed matter
Physics—History Spintronics Semiconductors Structure of Condensed Matter History of Physics and Astronomy |
| ISBN | 3-031-36558-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Introduction -- PART I. Matter and Classical Science -- Chapter 2. The legacy of antiquity -- Chapter 3. Matter at the beginning of the scientific revolution -- Chapter 4. Matter in the seventeenth century -- Chapter 5. Matter in the eighteenth century -- Chapter 6. Matter and Electricity -- Chapter 7. Chemistry and matter in the nineteenth century -- Chapter 8. Physics and matter in the nineteenth century -- PART II: Matter and Old Quantum Theory -- Chapter 9. The Apperance of Quanta -- Chapter 10. Bohr' s atom -- Chapter 11. Electrons and atoms -- PART III: Quantum Mechanical Representation of Matter -- Chapter 12. Quantum atoms and molecules -- chapter 13. Solid matter -- Chapter 14. Semiconductors -- Appendix A. On Gases and water -- Appendix B. On nineteenth century Physics -- Appendix C. On old quantum theory -- Appendix D. On matter and quantum mechanics -- Index. |
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Evangelisti Florestano
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Cosmography in the Age of Discovery and the Scientific Revolution [[electronic resource] /] / by David Barrado Navascués
| Cosmography in the Age of Discovery and the Scientific Revolution [[electronic resource] /] / by David Barrado Navascués |
| Autore | Barrado Navascués David |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (381 pages) |
| Disciplina | 523.109 |
| Collana | Historical & Cultural Astronomy |
| Soggetto topico |
Physics—History
Astronomy—Observations Science—History Europe—History History of Physics and Astronomy Astronomy, Observations and Techniques History of Science European History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Astronomy
Science |
| ISBN |
9783031298851
9783031298844 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. PLUS ULTRA: THE IBERIAN EXPLORATIONS AND CARTOGRAPHY -- Chapter 2. HUMANISM AS A TRIGGER FOR THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION -- Chapter 3. THE NEW ASTRONOMY AT THE DAWN OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION -- Chapter 4. THE MEASURE OF LONGITUDE: FROM IBERIA TO ALBION -- Chapter 5. THE SHAPE OF THE EARTH AND GEOGRAPHICAL EXPLORATION. |
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Barrado Navascués David
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Einstein at Work on Unified Field Theory [[electronic resource] ] : The Five-Dimensional Einstein-Bergmann Approach / / by Tobias Schütz
| Einstein at Work on Unified Field Theory [[electronic resource] ] : The Five-Dimensional Einstein-Bergmann Approach / / by Tobias Schütz |
| Autore | Schütz Tobias |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2024.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (362 pages) |
| Disciplina | 530.142 |
| Collana | Einstein Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Physics - History
Physics General relativity (Physics) Gravitation History of Physics and Astronomy Conceptual Development in Physics General Relativity Gravitational Physics |
| ISBN | 3-031-52127-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Focus on Mathematics -- Einstein and Projective Geometry -- Different Pathways to the Generalization of Kaluza’s Theory -- Einstein’s Further Considerations on the Generalized Kaluza Theory -- Considerations on Delta Functions -- Methodological Reflections -- Conclusion. |
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Schütz Tobias
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Imago Cosmi [[electronic resource] ] : The Vision of the Cosmos and the History of Astronomical Machines / / by Daniele L. R. Marini
| Imago Cosmi [[electronic resource] ] : The Vision of the Cosmos and the History of Astronomical Machines / / by Daniele L. R. Marini |
| Autore | Marini Daniele L. R |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (508 pages) |
| Disciplina | 509 |
| Collana | Astronomers' Universe |
| Soggetto topico |
Physics - History
Science - History Technology History Astronomy - Observations Cosmology History of Physics and Astronomy History of Science History of Technology Astronomy, Observations and Techniques |
| ISBN | 3-031-30944-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Mathematics and Astronomy from Origin to Eighteenth Century -- Chapter 3 Ancient Visions of The Cosmos: Orienting, Classifying and Modeling -- Chapter 4 A Lucky Astral Conjunction -- Chapter 5 The New Vision of The Cosmos -- Chapter 6 The Instruments -- Chapter 7 The First Astronomical Machine: Antikythera -- Chapter 8 Astronomical Machines and Clocks from The Arab Times to The Renaissance -- Chapter 9 Towards Planetary Machines -- Chapter 10 Orreries and Astronomical Clocks -- Chapter 11 France and Switzerland -- Chapter 12 Blossoming in Germany and Austria: The Priestermechaniker -- Chapter 13 Chinese Philosophical and Mathematical Thought -- Chapter 14 Chinese Astronomy and Astronomical Machines -- Chapter 15 Design of a Simple Planetary Machine -- Chapter 16 Conclusion -- A. Appendix -- B. Appendix -- References -- Index. |
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Marini Daniele L. R
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