History of Oriental Astronomy

Proceedings of the Joint Discussion-17 at the 23rd General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union, organised by the Commission 41 (History of Astronomy), held in Kyoto, August 25-26, 1997

308 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

1.1 The Two Supreme Stars, Thien-i and Thai-i, and the Foundation of the Purple Palace.- 1.2 Islamic Astronomical Tables in China: The Sources for the Huihui li.- 1.3 The First Equation Table for Mercury in the Huihui li.- 1.4 Three Star Maps: Results of the Impact of Western Astronomy on Korean Tradition in the 18th Century.- 1.5 Projection Methods in East Asian Star Maps.- 1.6 Gnomon Measurements and the Obliquity of the Ecliptic.- 1.7 The Legends of Vasi??ha - A Note on the Ved??ga Astronomy.- 1.8 Spherical Trigonometry and the Astronomy of the Medieval Kerala School.- 1.9 Astronomical Dating and Statistical Analysis of Ancient Eclipse Data.- 2.1 Philippe de La Hire at the Court of Jayasimha.- 2.2 European Astronomy in Indo-Persian Writings.- 2.3 Toshio Takamine's Contact with Western Astrophysics.- 2.4 The Earliest Evidence of the Introduction of Kepler's Laws into China as is observed in the Lifa wenda.- 2.5 Tebbutt vs Russell: Passion, Power and Politics in Nineteenth Century Australian Astronomy.- 2.6 A New Museum of Astronomy in Korea.- 2.7 Oriental Astronomy: History of East Asian Mathematical Astronomy Homage to K. Yabuuti and A. Sayili.- 3.1 Revisiting An Eighth-Century Chinese Table of Tangents.- 3.2 Recent Advances in the Studies of History of Astronomy in China.- 3.3 Eclipse Records in Early Korean History: The Koryo-sa.- Full Programme of the Joint Discussion.- About the Contributors.

• Reihe: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Kultur- und Medienwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• ISBN: 9781402006579
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.01.2003
• Größe: 241 x 160 mm
• Verlag: Springer
• Herausgegeben von: S. M. Ansari