History of Oriental Astronomy Proceedings of the Joint Discussion-17 at the 23rd General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union, organised by the Commission 41 (History of Astronomy), held in Kyoto, August 25–26, 1997
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Netherlands
2002, 2002
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2002 |
| Series: | Astrophysics and Space Science Library
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Table of Contents:
- 1.1 The Two Supreme Stars, Thien-i and Thai-i, and the Foundation of the Purple Palace
- 1.2 Islamic Astronomical Tables in China: The Sources for the Huihui li
- 1.3 The First Equation Table for Mercury in the Huihui li
- 1.4 Three Star Maps: Results of the Impact of Western Astronomy on Korean Tradition in the 18th Century
- 1.5 Projection Methods in East Asian Star Maps
- 1.6 Gnomon Measurements and the Obliquity of the Ecliptic
- 1.7 The Legends of Vasi??ha — A Note on the Ved??ga Astronomy
- 1.8 Spherical Trigonometry and the Astronomy of the Medieval Kerala School
- 1.9 Astronomical Dating and Statistical Analysis of Ancient Eclipse Data
- 2.1 Philippe de La Hire at the Court of Jayasimha
- 2.2 European Astronomy in Indo-Persian Writings
- 2.3 Toshio Takamine’s Contact with Western Astrophysics
- 2.4 The Earliest Evidence of the Introduction of Kepler’s Laws into China as is observed in the Lifa wenda
- 2.5 Tebbutt vs Russell: Passion, Power and Politics in Nineteenth Century Australian Astronomy
- 2.6 A New Museum of Astronomy in Korea
- 2.7 Oriental Astronomy: History of East Asian Mathematical Astronomy Homage to K. Yabuuti and A. Sayili
- 3.1 Revisiting An Eighth-Century Chinese Table of Tangents
- 3.2 Recent Advances in the Studies of History of Astronomy in China
- 3.3 Eclipse Records in Early Korean History: The Koryo-sa
- Full Programme of the Joint Discussion
- About the Contributors