Author: James Ferguson
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ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The Young Gentleman and Lady's Astronomy
Author: James Ferguson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The Young Gentleman and Lady's Astronomy ... To which is Added, the Description and Use of the Globes and Armillary Sphere. Illustrated with Copper Plates. The Seventh Edition
Author: James FERGUSON (F.R.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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An Easy Introduction to Astronomy for Young Gentlemen and Ladies ... Second Edition
Author: James FERGUSON (F.R.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
An Easy Introduction to Astronomy, for Young Gentlemen and Ladies
Author: James Ferguson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Women in Early British and Irish Astronomy
Author: Mary Brück
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9048124735
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Careers in astronomy for women (as in other sciences) were a rarity in Britain and Ireland until well into the twentieth century. The book investigates the place of women in astronomy before that era, recounted in the form of biographies of about 25 women born between 1650 and 1900 who in varying capacities contributed to its progress during the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. There are some famous names among them whose biographies have been written before now, there are others who have received less than their due recognition while many more occupied inconspicuous and sometimes thankless places as assistants to male family members. All deserve to be remembered as interesting individuals in an earlier opportunity-poor age. Placed in roughly chronological order, their lives constitute a sample thread in the story of female entry into the male world of science. The book is aimed at astronomers, amateur astronomers, historians of science, and promoters of women in science, but being written in non-technical language it is intended to be of interest also to educated readers generally.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9048124735
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Careers in astronomy for women (as in other sciences) were a rarity in Britain and Ireland until well into the twentieth century. The book investigates the place of women in astronomy before that era, recounted in the form of biographies of about 25 women born between 1650 and 1900 who in varying capacities contributed to its progress during the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. There are some famous names among them whose biographies have been written before now, there are others who have received less than their due recognition while many more occupied inconspicuous and sometimes thankless places as assistants to male family members. All deserve to be remembered as interesting individuals in an earlier opportunity-poor age. Placed in roughly chronological order, their lives constitute a sample thread in the story of female entry into the male world of science. The book is aimed at astronomers, amateur astronomers, historians of science, and promoters of women in science, but being written in non-technical language it is intended to be of interest also to educated readers generally.
Perception and analogy
Author: Rosalind Powell
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526157039
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Perception and analogy explores ways of seeing scientifically in the eighteenth century. The book examines how sensory experience is conceptualised during the period, drawing novel connections between treatments of perception as an embodied phenomenon and the creative methods employed by natural philosophers. Covering a wealth of literary, theological, and pedagogical texts that engage with astronomy, optics, ophthalmology, and the body, it argues for the significance of analogies for conceptualising and explaining new scientific ideas. As well as identifying their use in religious and topographical poetry, the book addresses how analogies are visible in material culture through objects such as orreries, camera obscuras, and aeolian harps. It makes the vital claim that scientific concepts become intertwined with Christian discourse through reinterpretations of origins and signs, the scope of the created universe, and the limits of embodied knowledge.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526157039
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Perception and analogy explores ways of seeing scientifically in the eighteenth century. The book examines how sensory experience is conceptualised during the period, drawing novel connections between treatments of perception as an embodied phenomenon and the creative methods employed by natural philosophers. Covering a wealth of literary, theological, and pedagogical texts that engage with astronomy, optics, ophthalmology, and the body, it argues for the significance of analogies for conceptualising and explaining new scientific ideas. As well as identifying their use in religious and topographical poetry, the book addresses how analogies are visible in material culture through objects such as orreries, camera obscuras, and aeolian harps. It makes the vital claim that scientific concepts become intertwined with Christian discourse through reinterpretations of origins and signs, the scope of the created universe, and the limits of embodied knowledge.
Physics And Culture
Author: Brian Cotterell
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 1786343789
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
The role of physics in our culture is examined from the time of Newton to the present day. It has three parts: an introduction to physics and two parts covering the roles of Newtonian and Modern/Postmodern physics. It is shown how popularization enabled physics to become part of our culture, while the topics discussed include religion, philosophy, politics, literature, the visual arts, and music. An underlying theme is that physics is an intimate part of our culture which, together with the other sciences, has had a wide general influence that cannot be ignored.The book has been written for all that are genuinely interested in culture. It is well referenced and illustrated, and suitable for the general public, students and academics who are interested in bridging the sciences and humanities in today's era of specialization.
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 1786343789
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
The role of physics in our culture is examined from the time of Newton to the present day. It has three parts: an introduction to physics and two parts covering the roles of Newtonian and Modern/Postmodern physics. It is shown how popularization enabled physics to become part of our culture, while the topics discussed include religion, philosophy, politics, literature, the visual arts, and music. An underlying theme is that physics is an intimate part of our culture which, together with the other sciences, has had a wide general influence that cannot be ignored.The book has been written for all that are genuinely interested in culture. It is well referenced and illustrated, and suitable for the general public, students and academics who are interested in bridging the sciences and humanities in today's era of specialization.
Monthly Review
Author: George Edward Griffiths
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Astronomical Dialogues Between A Gentleman And A Lady: Wherein The Doctrine of the Sphere, Uses of the Globes, And the Elements of Astronomy and Geography are Explai'nd
Author: John Harris
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Astronomical dialogues between a gentleman and a lady ...
Author: John Harris
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description