Author: American Philosophical Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge
Author: American Philosophical Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Bulletin
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 123, No. 4, 1979)
Author:
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422370834
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422370834
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 94, no. 4)
Author:
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422381182
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422381182
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Charles Olivier and the Rise of Meteor Science
Author: Richard Taibi
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319445189
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
This fascinating portrait of an amateur astronomy movement tells the story of how Charles Olivier recruited a hard-working cadre of citizen scientists to rehabilitate the study of meteors. By 1936, Olivier and members of his American Meteor Society had succeeded in disproving an erroneous idea about meteor showers. Using careful observations, they restored the public’s trust in predictions about periodic showers and renewed respect for meteor astronomy among professional astronomers in the United States. Charles Olivier and his society of observers who were passionate about watching for meteors in the night sky left a major impact on the field. In addition to describing Olivier’s career and describing his struggles with competitive colleagues in a hostile scientific climate, the author provides biographies of some of the scores of women and men of all ages who aided Olivier in making shower observations, from the Leonids and Perseids and others. Half of these amateur volunteers were from 13 to 25 years of age. Their work allowed Olivier and the AMS to contradict the fallacious belief in stationary and long-enduring meteor showers, bringing the theory of their origin into alignment with celestial mechanics. Thanks to Olivier and his collaborators, the study of meteors took a great leap forward in the twentieth century to earn a place as a worthy topic of study among professional astronomers.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319445189
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
This fascinating portrait of an amateur astronomy movement tells the story of how Charles Olivier recruited a hard-working cadre of citizen scientists to rehabilitate the study of meteors. By 1936, Olivier and members of his American Meteor Society had succeeded in disproving an erroneous idea about meteor showers. Using careful observations, they restored the public’s trust in predictions about periodic showers and renewed respect for meteor astronomy among professional astronomers in the United States. Charles Olivier and his society of observers who were passionate about watching for meteors in the night sky left a major impact on the field. In addition to describing Olivier’s career and describing his struggles with competitive colleagues in a hostile scientific climate, the author provides biographies of some of the scores of women and men of all ages who aided Olivier in making shower observations, from the Leonids and Perseids and others. Half of these amateur volunteers were from 13 to 25 years of age. Their work allowed Olivier and the AMS to contradict the fallacious belief in stationary and long-enduring meteor showers, bringing the theory of their origin into alignment with celestial mechanics. Thanks to Olivier and his collaborators, the study of meteors took a great leap forward in the twentieth century to earn a place as a worthy topic of study among professional astronomers.
Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 94, no. 5)
Author:
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422381199
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422381199
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 105, no. 1, 1961)
Author:
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422371879
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422371879
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha
Author: James H. Charlesworth
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
ISBN: 1598564919
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 1051
Book Description
Key second-temple texts with introductions and notes by an international team of scholars--now available in affordable softcover bindings. The writers of the Bible lived in a world filled with many writings. Some of these documents are lost forever, but many have been preserved. Part of these extant sources are the Pseudepigrapha. This collection of Jewish and Christian writings shed light on early Judaism and Christianity and their doctrines. This landmark set includes all 65 Pseudepigraphical documents from the intertestamental period that reveal the ongoing development of Judaism and the roots from which the Christian religion took its beliefs. A scholarly authority on each text contributes a translation, introduction, and critical notes for each text. Volume 1 features apocalyptic literature and testaments. Volume 2 includes expansions of the "Old Testament" legends, wisdom, and philosophical literature; prayers, psalms, and odes; and fragments of lost Judeo-Hellenistic Works. Contributors include E. Isaac, B.M. Metzger, J.R. Mueller, S.E. Robinson, D.J. Harrington, G.T. Zervos, and many others. Of enormous value to scholars and students, religious professionals and interested laypeople. Part of Anchor Yale Reference Library.
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
ISBN: 1598564919
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 1051
Book Description
Key second-temple texts with introductions and notes by an international team of scholars--now available in affordable softcover bindings. The writers of the Bible lived in a world filled with many writings. Some of these documents are lost forever, but many have been preserved. Part of these extant sources are the Pseudepigrapha. This collection of Jewish and Christian writings shed light on early Judaism and Christianity and their doctrines. This landmark set includes all 65 Pseudepigraphical documents from the intertestamental period that reveal the ongoing development of Judaism and the roots from which the Christian religion took its beliefs. A scholarly authority on each text contributes a translation, introduction, and critical notes for each text. Volume 1 features apocalyptic literature and testaments. Volume 2 includes expansions of the "Old Testament" legends, wisdom, and philosophical literature; prayers, psalms, and odes; and fragments of lost Judeo-Hellenistic Works. Contributors include E. Isaac, B.M. Metzger, J.R. Mueller, S.E. Robinson, D.J. Harrington, G.T. Zervos, and many others. Of enormous value to scholars and students, religious professionals and interested laypeople. Part of Anchor Yale Reference Library.
Ionospheric Drift Measurements in the E Region
Author: Richard Earl Winkelman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ionosphere
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ionosphere
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Thomas Paine:Soc & Pol Thought
Author: Gregory Claeys
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134998589
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134998589
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.