A comet of the enlightenment : Anders Johan Lexell's life and discoveries / Johan C.-E. Stén |
Autore | Stén, Johan C. E. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Birkhäuser, : Springer, 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | XVI, 300 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
Soggetto topico |
01A70 - Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies [MSC 2020]
01A50 - History of mathematics in the 18th century [MSC 2020] |
Soggetto non controllato |
Academy of Sciences of Saint Petersburg
Anders Johan Lexell History of Astronomy History of mathematics Leonhard Euler |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Titolo uniforme | |
Record Nr. | UNICAMPANIA-VAN0103152 |
Stén, Johan C. E. | ||
Cham, : Birkhäuser, : Springer, 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli | ||
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Astronomical Discoveries You Can Make, Too! : Replicating the Work of the Great Observers / Robert K. Buchheim |
Autore | Buchheim, Robert K. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer ; Chichester, : Praxis, 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | xiii, 549 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
Soggetto topico |
01-XX - History and biography [MSC 2020]
00A79 (77-XX) - Physics [MSC 2020] 85-XX - Astronomy and Astrophysics [MSC 2020] |
Soggetto non controllato |
Backyard Observing Projects
Demonstrating Principles of Astronomy Easy Amateur Astronomy Projects History of Astronomy Practical Astronomy Basics Replicating Astronomy Discoveries Synodic Month Telescope Projects Tracking Motion of Planets at Home Verifying Kepler's Law |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Titolo uniforme | |
Record Nr. | UNICAMPANIA-VAN0133479 |
Buchheim, Robert K. | ||
Cham, : Springer ; Chichester, : Praxis, 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli | ||
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Astronomy in the Ancient World : Early and Modern Views on Celestial Events / Alexus McLeod |
Autore | McLeod, Alexus |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer, 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | viii, 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
Soggetto topico |
01-XX - History and biography [MSC 2020]
85-XX - Astronomy and Astrophysics [MSC 2020] |
Soggetto non controllato |
Ancient Chinese Astronomy
Ancient Civilization Ancient Comets Ancient Indian Astronomy Ancient Solar Eclipses Ancient Supernovae Early Astronomical Instruments History of Astronomy Mesoamerican Astronomy |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Titolo uniforme | |
Record Nr. | UNICAMPANIA-VAN0161824 |
McLeod, Alexus | ||
Cham, : Springer, 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli | ||
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Finding, inheriting or borrowing? : the construction and transfer of knowledge in antiquity and the Middle Ages / / Jochen Althoff, Dominik Berrens, Tanja Pommerening (editors) |
Autore | Althoff Jochen |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld, Germany, : transcript Verlag, 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (408) |
Disciplina | 303.48/30902 |
Collana | Mainzer Historische Kulturwissenschaften |
Soggetto topico |
Technology and civilization
Civilization - History Knowledge, Theory of - History Technology transfer - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
Antiquity, Middle Ages
Knowledge Transfer Universals Cultural History History of Astronomy Eschatology Ancient History Medieval History History |
ISBN | 3-8376-4236-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter 1 CONTENT 5 Preface and Acknowledgements 9 The Construction and Transfer of Knowledge in the Pre-Modern Era 13 Transmitting Symbolic Concepts from the Perspective of Cultural Cognition - The Acquisition and Transfer of Folk-biological Knowledge 41 The Transfer of Knowledge from Mesopotamia to Egypt 71 Epistemology in the Biblical Tradition - Judean Knowledge-Building, Scribal Craftsmanship, and Scribal Culture 99 Bodies of Texts, Bodies of Tradition - Medical Expertise and Knowledge of the Body among Rabbinic Jews in Late Antiquity 123 The Reception and Rejection of "Foreign" Astronomical Knowledge in Byzantium 167 "He assigned Him as the Jewel of the night" - The Knowledge of the Moon in Mesopotamian Texts of the Late Second and First Millennia BCE 187 Shapeshifter - Knowledge of the Moon in Graeco-Roman Egypt 213 Concepts Concerning the Moon in Plutarch's De facie in orbe lunae - Found, Inherited, or Borrowed Ideas 253 Conclusion - Of Moon and Men: Observations about the Knowledge of the Moon in Antiquity 279 Know Your Sources Before You Argue - Minucius Felix and Augustine of Hippo on the Conflagration 289 The Idea of an Apocalyptic Fire According to the Old and Middle Iranian Sources 313 Poets, Prophets, and Philosophers - The End of the World According to Otto von Freising 343 The Ragnark Myth in Scandinavia - Finding, Inheriting, and Borrowing 365 Conclusion - The End of the World in Fire 385 About the Authors 391 Authors and Texts Cited 395 General index 403 |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996309242803316 |
Althoff Jochen | ||
Bielefeld, Germany, : transcript Verlag, 2019 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Finding, inheriting or borrowing? : the construction and transfer of knowledge in antiquity and the Middle Ages / / Jochen Althoff, Dominik Berrens, Tanja Pommerening (editors) |
Autore | Althoff Jochen |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld, Germany, : transcript Verlag, 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (408) |
Disciplina | 303.48/30902 |
Collana | Mainzer Historische Kulturwissenschaften |
Soggetto topico |
Technology and civilization
Civilization - History Knowledge, Theory of - History Technology transfer - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
Antiquity, Middle Ages
Knowledge Transfer Universals Cultural History History of Astronomy Eschatology Ancient History Medieval History History |
ISBN | 3-8376-4236-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter 1 CONTENT 5 Preface and Acknowledgements 9 The Construction and Transfer of Knowledge in the Pre-Modern Era 13 Transmitting Symbolic Concepts from the Perspective of Cultural Cognition - The Acquisition and Transfer of Folk-biological Knowledge 41 The Transfer of Knowledge from Mesopotamia to Egypt 71 Epistemology in the Biblical Tradition - Judean Knowledge-Building, Scribal Craftsmanship, and Scribal Culture 99 Bodies of Texts, Bodies of Tradition - Medical Expertise and Knowledge of the Body among Rabbinic Jews in Late Antiquity 123 The Reception and Rejection of "Foreign" Astronomical Knowledge in Byzantium 167 "He assigned Him as the Jewel of the night" - The Knowledge of the Moon in Mesopotamian Texts of the Late Second and First Millennia BCE 187 Shapeshifter - Knowledge of the Moon in Graeco-Roman Egypt 213 Concepts Concerning the Moon in Plutarch's De facie in orbe lunae - Found, Inherited, or Borrowed Ideas 253 Conclusion - Of Moon and Men: Observations about the Knowledge of the Moon in Antiquity 279 Know Your Sources Before You Argue - Minucius Felix and Augustine of Hippo on the Conflagration 289 The Idea of an Apocalyptic Fire According to the Old and Middle Iranian Sources 313 Poets, Prophets, and Philosophers - The End of the World According to Otto von Freising 343 The Ragnark Myth in Scandinavia - Finding, Inheriting, and Borrowing 365 Conclusion - The End of the World in Fire 385 About the Authors 391 Authors and Texts Cited 395 General index 403 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910315227803321 |
Althoff Jochen | ||
Bielefeld, Germany, : transcript Verlag, 2019 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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From Alexandria, through Baghdad : surveys and studies in the ancient greek and medieval islamic mathematical sciences in honor of J. L. Berggren / Nathan Sidoli, Glen Van Brummelen editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, : Springer, 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | XV, 583 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
Soggetto topico | 01Axx - History of mathematics and mathematicians [MSC 2020] |
Soggetto non controllato |
Greek mathematical sciences
History of Astronomy History of exact sciences History of mathematics Islamic mathematical sciences |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Titolo uniforme | |
Record Nr. | UNICAMPANIA-VAN0104124 |
Berlin, : Springer, 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli | ||
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From Cave Art to Hubble : a History of Astronomical Record Keeping / Jonathan Powell |
Autore | Powell, Jonathan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer, 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | vii, 265 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
Soggetto topico |
01-XX - History and biography [MSC 2020]
85-XX - Astronomy and Astrophysics [MSC 2020] |
Soggetto non controllato |
1054 supernova
1639 transit of Venus 1910 comet 20th century astronomy Ancient Astronomy Archaeoastronomy Astrolabe invention Astronomy cave drawings Astronomy over time Astronomy recording tecniques Babylonian astronomy History of Astronomy History of the astrolabe Mayan astronomy |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Titolo uniforme | |
Record Nr. | UNICAMPANIA-VAN0215813 |
Powell, Jonathan | ||
Cham, : Springer, 2019 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli | ||
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From the Realm of the Nebulae to Populations of Galaxies : Dialogues on a Century of Research / Mauro D'Onofrio, Roberto Rampazzo, Simone Zaggia editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer, 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | xxix, 785 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
Soggetto topico |
00A79 (77-XX) - Physics [MSC 2020]
85-XX - Astronomy and Astrophysics [MSC 2020] 85A40 - Cosmology [MSC 2020] |
Soggetto non controllato |
Active Galaxies
Extragalactic Astronomy Galaxy Dynamics Galaxy Evolution Galaxy Morphology Galaxy Structures Galaxy formation History of Astronomy History of Galaxy Research Interacting Galaxies |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Titolo uniforme | |
Record Nr. | UNICAMPANIA-VAN0163759 |
Cham, : Springer, 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli | ||
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Galactic Encounters : Our Majestic and Evolving Star-System, From the Big Bang to Time’s End / William Sheehan, Christopher J. Conselice |
Autore | Sheehan, William |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Springer, 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | xiv, 385 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
Altri autori (Persone) | Conselice, Christopher J. |
Soggetto topico |
00A79 (77-XX) - Physics [MSC 2020]
85-XX - Astronomy and Astrophysics [MSC 2020] 85A40 - Cosmology [MSC 2020] |
Soggetto non controllato |
Early Universe
Guide to the Galaxy History of Astronomy Milky Way images of our galaxy |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Titolo uniforme | |
Record Nr. | UNICAMPANIA-VAN0134026 |
Sheehan, William | ||
New York, : Springer, 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli | ||
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Jan Hendrik Oort : Master of the Galactic System / Pieter C. van der Kruit |
Autore | Kruit, Pieter C. : van der |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer, 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | xx, 726 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
Soggetto topico |
01-XX - History and biography [MSC 2020]
85-XX - Astronomy and Astrophysics [MSC 2020] |
Soggetto non controllato |
Biography of Jan Hendrik Oort
Dutch astronomers European Southern Observatory (ESO) History of Astronomy History of science in the Netherlands Oort's cloud Radioastronomy Structure of the Milky Way |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Titolo uniforme | |
Record Nr. | UNICAMPANIA-VAN0216134 |
Kruit, Pieter C. : van der | ||
Cham, : Springer, 2019 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli | ||
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