Data Portal @ linkeddatafragments.org

Matches in Harvard for { <http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/004027844/catalog> ?p ?o. }

• catalog abstract "The earliest investigations that can be called scientific are concerned with the sky; they are the beginnings of astronomy. Many early civilizations produced astronomical texts, and several cultures that left no written records left monuments and artifacts - ranging from rock paintings to Stonehenge - that show a clear interest in astronomy. Civilizations in China, Mesopotamia, India, and Greece had highly developed astronomies, and the astronomy of the Mayas was by no means negligible. Greek astronomy, as developed by medieval Arab philosophers, evolved into the astronomy of Copernicus. This displaced the Earth from the stationary central position that almost all earlier astronomies had assumed. Soon thereafter, in the first decades of the seventeenth century, Kepler found the true shape of the planetary orbits and Galileo introduced the telescope for astronomical observations. This book covers the history of astronomy from its earliest beginnings to this point, which marks the beginning of modern instrumental and mathematical astronomy. The work of earlier astronomers, of all civilizations, remains as a triumph of the human intellect.".
• catalog contributor b5793757.
• catalog created "c1994.".
• catalog date "1994".
• catalog date "c1994.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
• catalog description "Greek astronomy, as developed by medieval Arab philosophers, evolved into the astronomy of Copernicus. This displaced the Earth from the stationary central position that almost all earlier astronomies had assumed. Soon thereafter, in the first decades of the seventeenth century, Kepler found the true shape of the planetary orbits and Galileo introduced the telescope for astronomical observations.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-258) and index.".
• catalog description "The Exact Instant of the Solstice. Later Developments. The Length of the Year. The Obliquity of the Ecliptic. Celestial Motions. The End of the Story -- 6. The Greeks. The Early Thinkers. The Classical Greeks. Meton and Euctemon. The Greek Zodiac. Eudoxus. Aristotle. The Size of the Earth. Does the Earth Move? Aristarchus. Hipparchus. The Length of the Year. Periods of the Moon. Table of Chords. The Sun's Motion. The Moon's Motion. Precession. A Possible Origin for the Constellations. Ptolemy. The Sun. The Moon. The Distance of the Moon. The Distance of the Sun. Eclipses. The Stars. The Planets. Mercury. Venus. Mars. Accuracy. Calculations from the Theory. Latitudes. Note on the Epicycle Theory. Closing Remarks on the Almagest. The Ptolemaic Universe -- 7. The Astronomy of Aryabhata. The Sun. The Moon. The Planets. Further Topics. Unwritten Astronomy -- 8. Arabic Astronomy -- 9. The Mayas. The Moon. Venus. Eclipse Table. The Accuracy of the Maya Calendar -- 10. The European Renaissance. Copernicus.".
• catalog description "The earliest investigations that can be called scientific are concerned with the sky; they are the beginnings of astronomy. Many early civilizations produced astronomical texts, and several cultures that left no written records left monuments and artifacts - ranging from rock paintings to Stonehenge - that show a clear interest in astronomy. Civilizations in China, Mesopotamia, India, and Greece had highly developed astronomies, and the astronomy of the Mayas was by no means negligible.".
• catalog description "This book covers the history of astronomy from its earliest beginnings to this point, which marks the beginning of modern instrumental and mathematical astronomy. The work of earlier astronomers, of all civilizations, remains as a triumph of the human intellect.".
• catalog description "Tycho Brahe. Kepler. The Latitude of Mars. The First Theory of Mars. The Earth. Mars Again: Is its Orbit a Circle? The Orbit of Mars Is an Ellipse. Kepler's Laws -- Appendix 1. Hipparchus's Table of Chords -- Appendix 2. Calculation of the Eccentric-Quotient for the Sun, and the Longitude of its Apogee -- Appendix 3. Ptolemy's Table of Chords -- Appendix 4. Calculating the Radius of the Moon's Epicycle -- Appendix 5. The Eccentric-Quotient and Apogee of Mars -- Appendix 6. Reversed Epicycles.".
• catalog extent "x, 268 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Early astronomy.".
• catalog identifier "038794107X".
• catalog identifier "354094107X".
• catalog isFormatOf "Early astronomy.".
• catalog issued "1994".
• catalog issued "c1994.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Springer,".
• catalog relation "Early astronomy.".
• catalog subject "520/.93 20".
• catalog subject "Astronomy, Ancient.".
• catalog subject "QB16 .T48 1994".
• catalog tableOfContents "The Exact Instant of the Solstice. Later Developments. The Length of the Year. The Obliquity of the Ecliptic. Celestial Motions. The End of the Story -- 6. The Greeks. The Early Thinkers. The Classical Greeks. Meton and Euctemon. The Greek Zodiac. Eudoxus. Aristotle. The Size of the Earth. Does the Earth Move? Aristarchus. Hipparchus. The Length of the Year. Periods of the Moon. Table of Chords. The Sun's Motion. The Moon's Motion. Precession. A Possible Origin for the Constellations. Ptolemy. The Sun. The Moon. The Distance of the Moon. The Distance of the Sun. Eclipses. The Stars. The Planets. Mercury. Venus. Mars. Accuracy. Calculations from the Theory. Latitudes. Note on the Epicycle Theory. Closing Remarks on the Almagest. The Ptolemaic Universe -- 7. The Astronomy of Aryabhata. The Sun. The Moon. The Planets. Further Topics. Unwritten Astronomy -- 8. Arabic Astronomy -- 9. The Mayas. The Moon. Venus. Eclipse Table. The Accuracy of the Maya Calendar -- 10. The European Renaissance. Copernicus.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Tycho Brahe. Kepler. The Latitude of Mars. The First Theory of Mars. The Earth. Mars Again: Is its Orbit a Circle? The Orbit of Mars Is an Ellipse. Kepler's Laws -- Appendix 1. Hipparchus's Table of Chords -- Appendix 2. Calculation of the Eccentric-Quotient for the Sun, and the Longitude of its Apogee -- Appendix 3. Ptolemy's Table of Chords -- Appendix 4. Calculating the Radius of the Moon's Epicycle -- Appendix 5. The Eccentric-Quotient and Apogee of Mars -- Appendix 6. Reversed Epicycles.".
• catalog title "Early astronomy / Hugh Thurston.".
• catalog type "text".