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Free Download Understanding the Heavens: Thirty Centuries of Astronomical Ideas from Ancient Thinking to Modern Cosmology by Jean-Claude Pecker
English | PDF (True) | 2001 | 606 Pages | ISBN : 3540631984 | 51.9 MB
Astronomy is the oldest and most fundamental of the natural sciences. From the early beginnings of civilization astronomers have attempted to explain not only what the Universe is and how it works, but also how it started, how it evolved to the present day, and how it will develop in the future. The author, a well-known astronomer himself, describes the evolution of astronomical ideas, briefly discussing most of the instrumental developments. Using numerous figures to elucidate the mechanisms involved, the book starts with the astronomical ideas of the Egyptian and Mesopotamian philosophers, moves on to the Greek period, and then to the golden age of astronomy, i.e. to Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton, and ends with modern theories of cosmology. Written with undergraduate students in mind, this book gives a fascinating survey of astronomical thinking.

Free Download Anuj Misra, "The Sanskrit Astronomical Table Text Brahmatulyasra Numerical tables in textual scholarship "
English | ISBN: 9004431411 | 2020 | 240 pages | PDF | 5 MB
A timely exploration of the numerical tables genre in pre-modern science, focusing on the previously unpublished 17th-century Indian astronomical table text Brahmatulyasra. Includes critical edition, English translation, and thorough technical/ historical commentary analysing the content and background of the work.

Free Download Atlas of Astronomical Discoveries By Govert Schilling
English | PDF | 2011 | 234 Pages | ISBN : 1441978100 | 155.4 MB
Four hundred years ago in Middelburg, in the Netherlands, the telescope was invented. The invention unleashed a revolution in the exploration of the universe. Galileo Galilei discovered mountains on the Moon, spots on the Sun, and moons around Jupiter.

Free Download Essays on Astronomical History and Heritage: A Tribute to Wayne Orchiston on his 80th Birthday by Steven Gullberg, Peter Robertson
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 719 Pages | ISBN : 3031294920 | 210.6 MB
This multidisciplinary work celebrates Wayne Orchiston’s career and accomplishments in historical and cultural astronomy on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Over thirty of the world’s leading scholars in astronomy, astrophysics, astronomical history, and cultural astronomy have come together to honor Wayne across a wide range of research topics.

Free Download Sanskrit Astronomical Tables by Clemency Montelle
English | EPUB | 2019 | 311 Pages | ISBN : 3319970364 | 155.75 MB
This groundbreaking volume provides an up-to-date, accessible guide to Sanskrit astronomical tables and their analysis. It begins with an overview of Indian mathematical astronomy and its literature, including table texts, in the context of history of pre-modern astronomy. It then discusses the primary mathematical astronomy content of table texts and the attempted taxonomy of this genre before diving into the broad outlines of their representation in the Sanskrit scientific manuscript corpus.

Free Download Introduction to Astronomical Photometry by M. Golay
English | PDF | 1974 | 376 Pages | ISBN : 9027704287 | 30.1 MB
The material given in this ‘Introduction to astronomical photometry’ is the subject matter of a lecture at the University of Geneva. It is, therefore, intended for those students, physicists or mathematicians, who have completed their bachelor’s degree or diploma, and are intending to work for their Ph.D. in astronomy. We assume then the elementary ideas of astrophysics, magnitude, colour index, spectral classes, luminosity classes, gradient, atmospheric extinction are already known. The student may find it useful to re-read the work of Schatzman [1], Dufay [2] and Aller [254] before embarking upon the study of this ‘Introduction to astronomical photometry’. It is not our aim in this book to deal with every aspect of stellar photometry. On the contrary, we shall restriet ourselves to looking at subjects ofwhich knowledge seems to us essential for someone who has to use photometrie quantities in his astronomical research. We are, therefore, keeping the interests of the photometrie measurements user partieularly in mind. We shall only discuss very superficially the technical prob lems and reduction methods for atmospheric extinction. These problems are dealt with very clearly in Astronomical Techniques [3]; the first by A. Lallemand, H. L.

Free Download Sanskrit Astronomical Tables by Clemency Montelle
English | EPUB | 2019 | 311 Pages | ISBN : 3319970364 | 155.75 MB
This groundbreaking volume provides an up-to-date, accessible guide to Sanskrit astronomical tables and their analysis. It begins with an overview of Indian mathematical astronomy and its literature, including table texts, in the context of history of pre-modern astronomy. It then discusses the primary mathematical astronomy content of table texts and the attempted taxonomy of this genre before diving into the broad outlines of their representation in the Sanskrit scientific manuscript corpus.

Free Download The International Astronomical Union: Uniting the Community for 100 Years by Johannes Andersen , David Baneke , Claus Madsen
English | PDF (True) | 2019 | 383 Pages | ISBN : 3319969641 | 17.3 MB
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) was founded in 1919, in the wake of the First World War, together with its sister Unions in related natural sciences. It will thus turn 100 years in 2019. Written by a mixed team of insiders and outsiders, this book presents the IAU in the changing context of the historical, scientific and technological development of astronomy during the past 100 years.

Free Download Decoding the Mechanisms of Antikythera Astronomical Device by Jian-Liang Lin
English | EPUB (True) | 2016 | 286 Pages | ISBN : 3662484455 | 34.36 MB
This book presents a systematic design methodology for decoding the interior structure of the Antikythera mechanism, an astronomical device from ancient Greece.

Free Download Care of Astronomical Telescopes and Accessories: A Manual for the Astronomical Observer and Amateur Telescope Maker by M. Barlow Pepin
English | PDF (True) | 2005 | 256 Pages | ISBN : 185233715X | 13.54 MB
Commercially-made astronomical telescopes are better and less expensive than ever before, and their optical and mechanical performance can be superb. When a good-quality telescope fails to perform as well as it might, the reason is quite probably that it needs a little care and attention! Here is a complete guide for anyone who wants to understand more than just the basics of astronomical telescopes and accessories, and how to maintain them in the peak of condition. The latest on safely adjusting, cleaning, and maintaining your equipment is combined with thoroughly updated methods from the old masters. Here, too, are details of choosing new and used optics and accessories, along with enhancements you can make to extend their versatility and useful lifetime. This book is for you. Really. Looking after an astronomical telescope isn’t only for the experts – although there are some things that only an expert should attempt – and every serious amateur astronomer will find invaluable information here, gleaned from Barlow Pepin’s many years’ experience working with optical instruments.