Author: Richard B. McAdoo
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin School
ISBN: 9780395524411
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
The author relates experiences and impressions of an extended tour of the United States undertaken in a motor home, describing plantations, deserts, national parks, cities, and towns off the beaten track
Eccentric circles
Author: Richard B. McAdoo
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin School
ISBN: 9780395524411
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
The author relates experiences and impressions of an extended tour of the United States undertaken in a motor home, describing plantations, deserts, national parks, cities, and towns off the beaten track
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin School
ISBN: 9780395524411
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
The author relates experiences and impressions of an extended tour of the United States undertaken in a motor home, describing plantations, deserts, national parks, cities, and towns off the beaten track
An Introduction to the Ancient and Modern Geometry of Conics
Author: Charles Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Eccentric Circles
Author: Rebecca Lickiss
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780441008285
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Where is Joe Merchant? That’s what his sister Trevor Kane, the hemorrhoid ointment heiress, wants to know. For South Seas psychic Desdemona, Merchant is the missing link needed to connect her with other worlds. And the mystery of the presumed dead but often-sighted rock star’s disappearance is turning renegade seaplane pilot Frank Bama’s life upside down. Jimmy Buffet fans will be enchanted with this modern-day pirate tale.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780441008285
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Where is Joe Merchant? That’s what his sister Trevor Kane, the hemorrhoid ointment heiress, wants to know. For South Seas psychic Desdemona, Merchant is the missing link needed to connect her with other worlds. And the mystery of the presumed dead but often-sighted rock star’s disappearance is turning renegade seaplane pilot Frank Bama’s life upside down. Jimmy Buffet fans will be enchanted with this modern-day pirate tale.
The Siddhāntasundara of Jñānarāja
Author: Jñānarāja
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421414422
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
The first English translation of this major work of classical Indian astronomy and mathematics. A treasure for anyone interested in early modern India and the history of mathematics, this first English translation of the Siddhāntasundara reveals the fascinating work of the scholar-astronomer Jñānarāja (circa 1500 C.E.). Toke Lindegaard Knudsen begins with an introduction to the traditions of ancient Hindu astronomy and describes what is known of Jñānarāja’s life and family. He translates the Sanskrit verses into English and offers expert commentary on the style and substance of Jñānarāja's treatise. The Siddhāntasundara contains a comprehensive exposition of the system of Indian astronomy, including how to compute planetary positions and eclipses. It also explores deep, probing questions about the workings of the universe and sacred Hindu traditions. In a philosophical discussion, the treatise seeks a synthesis between the cosmological model used by the Indian astronomical tradition and the cosmology of a class of texts sacred in Hinduism. In his discourse, which includes a discussion of the direction of down and adhesive antipodeans, Jñānarāja rejects certain principles from the astronomical tradition and reinterprets principles from the sacred texts. He also constructs a complex poem on the seasons, many verses of which have two layers of meaning, one describing a season, the other a god's activities in that season. The Siddhāntasundara is the last major treatise of Indian astronomy and cosmology to receive serious scholarly attention, Knudsen’s careful effort unveils the 500-year-old Sanskrit verses and shows the clever quirkiness of Jñānarāja's writing style, his keen use of mathematics, and his subtle philosophical arguments.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421414422
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
The first English translation of this major work of classical Indian astronomy and mathematics. A treasure for anyone interested in early modern India and the history of mathematics, this first English translation of the Siddhāntasundara reveals the fascinating work of the scholar-astronomer Jñānarāja (circa 1500 C.E.). Toke Lindegaard Knudsen begins with an introduction to the traditions of ancient Hindu astronomy and describes what is known of Jñānarāja’s life and family. He translates the Sanskrit verses into English and offers expert commentary on the style and substance of Jñānarāja's treatise. The Siddhāntasundara contains a comprehensive exposition of the system of Indian astronomy, including how to compute planetary positions and eclipses. It also explores deep, probing questions about the workings of the universe and sacred Hindu traditions. In a philosophical discussion, the treatise seeks a synthesis between the cosmological model used by the Indian astronomical tradition and the cosmology of a class of texts sacred in Hinduism. In his discourse, which includes a discussion of the direction of down and adhesive antipodeans, Jñānarāja rejects certain principles from the astronomical tradition and reinterprets principles from the sacred texts. He also constructs a complex poem on the seasons, many verses of which have two layers of meaning, one describing a season, the other a god's activities in that season. The Siddhāntasundara is the last major treatise of Indian astronomy and cosmology to receive serious scholarly attention, Knudsen’s careful effort unveils the 500-year-old Sanskrit verses and shows the clever quirkiness of Jñānarāja's writing style, his keen use of mathematics, and his subtle philosophical arguments.
Illustrating the Phaenomena
Author: Elly Dekker
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191642193
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
The introduction of the moving sphere as a model for understanding the celestial phenomena caused a great breakthrough in scientific thinking about the structure of the world. It provided the momentum for making celestial globes and mapping the stars. Celestial globes were produced first by Greek astronomers, and soon became greatly appreciated in antiquity as decorative objects (3 antique globes). The design and construction of the globe varied greatly as it passed through the Arabic (10 scientific globes made before 1500) and Medieval European cultures (3 scientific globes made before 1500). It was the starting-point for the design of many maps in antiquity and later in the Middle Ages (33) serving to illustrate books such as Aratus's Phaenomena. In the early fifteenth century scientific celestial maps (5) were constructed in their own right, independent of globes. In this book all extant celestial maps and globes made before 1500 are described and analysed in detail. This prestigious study will appeal to academic historians of science and astronomy, and art historians alike.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191642193
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
The introduction of the moving sphere as a model for understanding the celestial phenomena caused a great breakthrough in scientific thinking about the structure of the world. It provided the momentum for making celestial globes and mapping the stars. Celestial globes were produced first by Greek astronomers, and soon became greatly appreciated in antiquity as decorative objects (3 antique globes). The design and construction of the globe varied greatly as it passed through the Arabic (10 scientific globes made before 1500) and Medieval European cultures (3 scientific globes made before 1500). It was the starting-point for the design of many maps in antiquity and later in the Middle Ages (33) serving to illustrate books such as Aratus's Phaenomena. In the early fifteenth century scientific celestial maps (5) were constructed in their own right, independent of globes. In this book all extant celestial maps and globes made before 1500 are described and analysed in detail. This prestigious study will appeal to academic historians of science and astronomy, and art historians alike.
The Engineers' List
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 1132
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 1132
Book Description
Planetary Diagrams for Roman Astronomy in Medieval Europe, Ca. 800-1500
Author: Bruce Eastwood
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9780871699435
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Early medieval astronomy, esp. in the era of Charlemagne & his successors, consisted of texts that went far beyond the boundaries of computus, which modern scholars have long believed to be the only significant context for astronomical studies of that time. The texts contained innovative diagrams where no other sign of divergence from the text could be seen. Such diagrams were found to provide an indication of understandings of the texts -- which were different from those of modern scholars. Contents: Astronomy & Its Teaching in Carolingian Europe; Functions & Locations of Planetary Diagrams; Sources & Topics of Planetary Diagrams; Plinian Diagrams; Macrobian Diagrams; Calcidian Diagrams; & Capellan Diagrams. Illus. This is a print on demand publication.
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9780871699435
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Early medieval astronomy, esp. in the era of Charlemagne & his successors, consisted of texts that went far beyond the boundaries of computus, which modern scholars have long believed to be the only significant context for astronomical studies of that time. The texts contained innovative diagrams where no other sign of divergence from the text could be seen. Such diagrams were found to provide an indication of understandings of the texts -- which were different from those of modern scholars. Contents: Astronomy & Its Teaching in Carolingian Europe; Functions & Locations of Planetary Diagrams; Sources & Topics of Planetary Diagrams; Plinian Diagrams; Macrobian Diagrams; Calcidian Diagrams; & Capellan Diagrams. Illus. This is a print on demand publication.
A History of Greek Mathematics: From Aristarchus to Diophantus
Author: Sir Thomas Little Heath
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
A History of Greek Mathematics
Author: Sir Thomas Little Heath
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
A Laboratory Plane Geometry
Author: William A. Austin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geometry, Plane
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geometry, Plane
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description