Introduction to astronomy by Theodore Metochites /
نام عام مواد
[Book]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Emmanuel A. Paschos, Technische Universitat Dortmund, Germany, Christos Simelidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
Hackensack, NJ :
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.,
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
[2017]
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
vii, 390 pages ;
ابعاد
24 cm
یادداشتهای مربوط به کتابنامه ، واژه نامه و نمایه های داخل اثر
متن يادداشت
Includes bibliographical references and index.
یادداشتهای مربوط به مندرجات
متن يادداشت
Description of the celestial spheres and their rotations -- Eccentric and epicyclic models -- The uniform and anomalous rotation of the sun; right and oblique ascensions -- Determining the time and culmination of the stars at various zones of the Earth -- The obliquity -- Description of the Greek/Roman and Egyptian calendars -- Proposal for revising the Julian calendar.
بدون عنوان
0
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
Stoicheiosis Astronomike ("Elements of Astronomy") is a late Byzantine comprehensive introduction to astronomy. It was written by an outstanding figure in Byzantine culture and politics, who served also as prime minister. This volume makes available for the first time a large part of its astronomical contents, offering the original text with an English translation, accompanied by an introduction and analysis. This book describes the celestial spheres, the rotation of the planets, and especially the apparent trajectory of the sun with its uniform and anomalous rotations, which are used to determine the length of the year. Metochites proposed a new starting date for the calendar (6th of October 1283) specifying the position of the sun on that date. The work revived the interest in studies of Ptolemaic astronomy as attested by numerous annotations in the margins of the manuscripts. Besides its astronomical content there are statements on the epistemological method and other issues elucidating the spirit of that age. It will be of interest as an introduction to Byzantine astronomy for historians of science and philosophy, for astronomers, and those interested in the development of calendars. --
نام شخص به منزله موضوع
موضوع مستند نشده
Metochites, Theodoros,1270-1332.
موضوع مستند نشده
Metochites, Theodoros,1270-1332.
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
Astronomy-- Byzantine Empire.
موضوع مستند نشده
Astronomy, Early works to 1800.
موضوع مستند نشده
Astronomy, Medieval.
موضوع مستند نشده
Calendars-- History-- To 1500.
موضوع مستند نشده
Astronomy, Medieval.
موضوع مستند نشده
Astronomy.
موضوع مستند نشده
Calendars.
نام جغرافیایی به منزله موضوع
موضوع مستند نشده
Byzantine Empire.
بدون عنوان
7
رده بندی ديویی
شماره
520
ويراست
23
رده بندی کنگره
شماره رده
QB23
نشانه اثر
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P36
2017
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )