History of Oriental Astronomy [electronic resource] : 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 /

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.

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Main Authors: Ansari, S. M. Razaullah. editor., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Texto biblioteca
Language:eng
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2002
Subjects:Physics., Cultural heritage., History., Observations, Astronomical., Astronomy, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques., History, general., Cultural Heritage.,
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9862-0
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Summary: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.