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Highlighting the History of Astronomy in the Asia-Pacific Region

by Orchiston, Wayne.
Authors: Nakamura, Tsuko.%editor. | Strom, Richard G.%editor. | SpringerLink (Online service) Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, 1570-6591 Physical details: XV, 660p. 410 illus., 340 illus. in color. online resource. ISBN: 1441981616 Subject(s): Physics. | Science %History. | Astronomy. | Archaeology. | Physics. | Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. | History of Science. | Archaeology.
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Contents -- Foreword -- Participants -- Conference Program -- Part I: Applied Historical Astronomy -- Paper (Stephenson Eclipses) -- Paper(Tanikama et al.) -- Paper (Nha II-Seong Eclipse) -- Paper (Strom) -- Part II: Archaeoastronomy -- Paper (Vahia) -- Paper (Gullberg and Malville) -- Part III: Astronomers, Books, Manuscripts, and Star Charts -- Paper (Hafex et al.) -- Paper (Soma and Tanikawa) -- Paper (Ohashi) -- Paper (Yosida and Nakamura) -- Paper (Nah II-Seong Planisphere) -- Paper (Stephenson Korean MS) -- Part IV: Nineteenth Century Transits of Venus and Solar Eclipses -- Paper (Cottam ToV) -- Paper (Pearson et al.) -- Paper (Solar Eclipses) -- Part V: The History of Australian Radio Astronomy -- Paper (Wendt et al. Potts Hills) -- Paper (Wendt et al. Murraybank) -- Paper (Stewart et al. Wild) -- Paper (Wendt Wild and H-line) -- Paper (Wendt et al. Christiansen) -- Stewart (Retrospective).

This book provides readers with the results of recent research from some of the world's leading historians of astronomy on aspects of Arabic, Australian, Chinese, Japanese, and North and South American astronomy and astrophysics. It contains peer-reviewed papers gathered from the International Conferences on Oriental Astronomy 6 (ICO-6) with the chosen theme of "Highlighting the History of Astronomy in the Asia-Pacific Region." Of particular note are the sections on Arabic astronomy, Asian applied astronomy and the history of Australian radio astronomy, and the chapter on Peruvian astronomy. This title is a valuable complement for those with research interests in applied historical astronomy; archaeoastronomy; calendars, manuscripts, and star charts; historical instruments and observatories, and the history of radio astronomy.

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