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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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History
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Jesuit Observatories (1814–2000)
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Jesuit Scientists, 1814–2000
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Back Matter
About this book
During the 17th and 18th centuries Jesuits were the first western scientists to enter into contact with China and India. It was through them that western astronomy was first introduced in these countries. They made early astronomical observations in India and China and they directed for 150 years the Imperial Observatory of Beijing.
In the 19th and 20th centuries a new set of observatories were established. Besides astronomy these now included meteorology and geophysics. Jesuits established some of the earliest observatories in Africa, South America and the Far East.
Jesuit observatories constitute an often forgotten chapter of the history of these sciences.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"This compendium of information about astronomical and geophysical observatories founded or run by members of the Jesuit order since the 16th century … . It is filled with an enormous amount of data, and fascinating anecdotes … . Ultimately, this book is a resource … . Such a history of the Jesuit observatories, centered on an overarching theme with a careful selection and analysis of this wonderful compilation of data, remains to be written." (Guy Consolmagno, S.J, Archivum Historicum Societatis Iesu, Vol. 76, 2007)
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Geophysics and Meteorology, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
Augustín Udías
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Searching the Heavens and the Earth
Book Subtitle: The History of Jesuit Observatories
Authors: Augustín Udías
Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0349-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1189-4Published: 31 October 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6252-9Published: 30 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-0349-9Published: 17 April 2013
Series ISSN: 0067-0057
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 373
Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations
Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, History, general, Historical Geology