Author: United States. Women's BureauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The Outlook for Women in Physics and Astrology
Author: United States. Women's BureauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Physics of Astrology
Author: Nadia Smirnova-MierauPublisher:
ISBN: 9781076756749
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
How does astrology work? Is there physical mechanism behind planetary influences on us? Physics of astrology is a groundbreaking framework, making astrology tangible from physics perspective. It describes the mechanism by which celestial bodies affect us on a physical level. It expands your understanding of the bigger cosmic picture at play. This book finally answers many unanswered questions. Whether you are an astrologer, astrology student, astrology lover or a complete skeptic, this book will reveal simple and obvious physics of lunar and planetary effect on the way we feel and think. Each astrology birth chart has all the life circumstances laid out from the moment a baby takes its first breath. We just have to uncover them using astrological tools. Have you ever had your astrology chart done and professionally read by a good astrologer? Have you marveled at an amazing alignment between planetary movements and events in your life? Those who have, loose any doubts about astrology's validity. However, astrology has been treated as entertainment, to say the least, for a long time. This book proves Astrology is science. Don't be afraid of the word 'physics'. There will be NO FORMULAS AND NO EQUATIONS. We will use easy physics, adapted for both the left and the right brain. You will learn how planetary gravity and electromagnetism play with your head and more.
The Holistic Inspirations of Physics
Author: Val DusekPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813526355
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
While many books have claimed parallels between modern physics and Eastern philosophy, none have dealt with the historical influences of both Chinese traditional thought and non-mechanistic, holistic western thought on the philosophies of the scientists who developed electromagnetic field theory. In The Holistic Inspirations of Physics, R. Valentine Dusek asks: to what extent is classical field theory a product of organic and holistic philosophies and frameworks? Electromagnetic theory has been greatly influenced by holistic worldviews, Dusek posits, and he highlights three alternative scientific systems that made the development of electromagnetic theory possible: medieval Chinese science, Western Renaissance occultism, and the German romantic traditions. He situates these "alternative" approaches in their social context and background, and traces their connection with components of "accepted" physical science in relation to a number of social movements and philosophical theories. Readers will learn of specific contributions made by these alternative traditions, such as the Chinese inventing the compass and discovering the earth's magnetic field and magnetic declination. Western alchemical ideas of active forces and "occult" influences contributed to Newton's theory of gravitation force as action at a distance, rather as a result of purely mechanical collisions and contact action. Dusek also describes the extent to which women's culture supplied (often without credit) the philosophical background ideas that were absorbed into mainstream field theory.
A Scheme of Heaven: The History of Astrology and the Search for our Destiny in Data
Author: Alexander BoxerPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039363485X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
An illuminating look at the surprising history and science of astrology, civilization’s first system of algorithms, from Babylon to the present day. Humans are pattern-matching creatures, and astrology is the universe’s grandest pattern-matching game. In this refreshing work of history and analysis, data scientist Alexander Boxer examines classical texts on astrology to expose its underlying scientific and mathematical framework. Astrology, he argues, was the ancient world’s most ambitious applied mathematics problem, a monumental data-analysis enterprise sustained by some of history’s most brilliant minds, from Ptolemy to al-Kindi to Kepler. Thousands of years ago, astrologers became the first to stumble upon the powerful storytelling possibilities inherent in numerical data. To correlate the configurations of the cosmos with our day-to-day lives, astrologers relied upon a “scheme of heaven,” or horoscope, showing the precise configuration of the planets at a particular instant in time as viewed from a particular place on Earth. Although recognized as pseudoscience today, horoscopes were once considered a cutting-edge scientific tool. Boxer teaches us how to read these esoteric charts—and appreciate the complex astronomical calculations needed to generate them—by diagramming how the heavens appeared at important moments in astrology’s history, from the assassination of Julius Caesar as viewed from Rome to the Apollo 11 lunar landing as seen from the surface of the Moon. He then puts these horoscopes to the test using modern data sets and statistical science, arguing that today’s data scientists do work similar to astrologers of yore. By looking back at the algorithms of ancient astrology, he suggests, we can better recognize the patterns that are timeless characteristics of our own pattern-matching tendencies. At once critical, rigorous, and far ranging, A Scheme of Heaven recontextualizes astrology as a vast, technological project—spanning continents and centuries—that foreshadowed our data-driven world today.
The Astrological Magazine
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Author: Outlook
Author: The Future of Astrology
Author: A.T. MannPublisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1616406445
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
"The Future of Astrology" is a selection of essays written by some of the foremost astrologers in the world today. Topics explored include astrology and scientific research, psychology, biology, and economics; science versus astrology; the professionalism of practitioners; the politics of astrology; the insights offered by esoteric astrology; astrological organizations; astrology as a science; the role of counseling; and astrological predictions about the future of our world.
Teaching and Learning Astronomy
Author: Jay PasachoffPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521842624
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Astronomy is taught in schools worldwide, but few schoolteachers have any background in astronomy or astronomy teaching, and available resources may be insufficient or non-existent. This volume highlights the many places for astronomy in the curriculum; relevant education research and 'best practice'; strategies for pre-service and in-service teacher education; the use of the Internet and other technologies; and the role that planetariums, observatories, science centres, and organisations of professional and amateur astronomers can play. The special needs of developing countries, and other under-resourced areas are also highlighted. The book concludes by addressing how the teaching and learning of astronomy can be improved worldwide. This valuable overview is based on papers and posters presented by experts at a Special Session of the International Astronomical Union.
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