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Highlighting the History of Astronomy in the Asia-Pacific Region

Proceedings of the ICOA-6 Conference

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Wayne Orchiston

    1. Centre for Astronomy, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

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  2. Tsuko Nakamura

    1. Toshima, Japan

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  3. Richard G. Strom

    1. ASTRON, AA Dwingeloo, Netherlands

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  • Contains recent research by some of the world's foremost historians of astronomy
  • Spreads its thematic and geographical net widely by including a fascinating mix of material drawn from Asia, Australia, and North and South America
  • Contains a series of papers on the history of Australian radio astronomy, which relates to a time when Australia led the world in this emerging area of science
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings (ASSSP)

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Table of contents (22 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Applied Historical Astronomy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Historical Eclipses and Earth’s Rotation: 700 BC–AD 1600

      • F. Richard Stephenson
      Pages 3-20

    3. Solar Eclipses at Sunrise or Sunset in the Chunqiu Period

      • Kiyotaka Tanikawa, Tadato Yamamoto, Mituru Sôma
      Pages 21-43

    4. The Possible Interpretation of a Mural in a Sixth Century Koguryo Tumulus as an AD 555 Solar Eclipse Record

      • Nha Il-Seong, Sarah L. Nha
      Pages 45-52

    5. Statistics of Oriental Astronomical Records: What Can They Tell Us?

      • Richard G. Strom
      Pages 53-57

  3. Archaeoastronomy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. The Origin and Growth of Astronomy, as Viewed from an Indian Context

      • M. N. Vahia, Nisha Yadav
      Pages 61-84

    3. The Astronomy of Peruvian Huacas

      • Steven Gullberg, J. McKim Malville
      Pages 85-118

  4. Astronomers, Books, Manuscripts, and Star Charts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. Άbdul-Ra\(\d{h}\)mān al-Şūfī and His Book of the Fixed Stars: A Journey of Re-discovery

      • Ihsan Hafez, F. Richard Stephenson, Wayne Orchiston
      Pages 121-138

    3. Japanese Astronomy in the Seventh Century

      • Mitsuru Sôma, Kiyotaka Tanikawa
      Pages 139-151

    4. An Astronomical Problem in a Japanese Traditional Mathematical Text: The 49th Problem of the Kenki-sanpo of Takebe Katahiro

      • Yukio Ôhashi
      Pages 153-170

    5. Hirayama Kiyotsugu: Discoverer of Asteroid Families

      • Seiko Yoshida, Tsuko Nakamura
      Pages 171-197

    6. The 1395 Planisphere, Cheongsang Yeolcha Bunya-Ji-Do, and Two Earlier Star Maps in Korea

      • Nha Il-Seong, Sarah L. Nha
      Pages 199-207

    7. The Seungjeongwon Ilgi as a Major Source of Korean Astronomical Records

      • F. Richard Stephenson
      Pages 209-222

  5. Nineteenth Century Transits of Venus and Solar Eclipses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223
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    2. The 1874 Transit of Venus and the Popularisation of Astronomy in the USA as Reflected in the New York Times

      • Stella Cottam, Wayne Orchiston, Richard Stephenson
      Pages 225-241

    3. Some Highlights of the Lick Observatory Solar Eclipse Expeditions

      • John C. Pearson, Wayne Orchiston, J. McKim Malville
      Pages 243-337

    4. The Total Solar Eclipses of 7 August 1869 and 29 July 1878 and the Popularisation of Astronomy in the USA as Reflected in the New York Times

      • Stella Cottam, John Pearson, Wayne Orchiston, Richard Stephenson
      Pages 339-375
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About this book

With just 400 pages, this title provides readers with the results of recent research from some of the world's leading historians of astronomy on aspects of Arabic, Australian, Chinese, Japanese, and North and South American astronomy and astrophysics. Of particular note are the sections on Arabic astronomy, Asian applied astronomy and the history of Australian radio astronomy, and the chapter on Peruvian astronomy. This title is of particular appeal to those with research interests in applied historical astronomy; archaeoastronomy; calendars, manuscripts, and star charts; historical instruments and observatories, and the history of radio astronomy.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Astronomy, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

    Wayne Orchiston

  • Toshima, Japan

    Tsuko Nakamura

  • ASTRON, AA Dwingeloo, Netherlands

    Richard G. Strom

About the editors

Wayne Orchiston is an Associate Professor in the Center for Astronomy at James Cook University (Australia), where he supervises a large pool of off-campus Ph.D. students and carries out research on the history of Australian, English, French, Indian, New Zealand, and USA astronomy. He also edits the 'Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage.' Until his recent retirement, Tsuko Nakamura carried out research on solar system astronomy and the history of Japanese astronomy whilst working at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan in Tokyo. He is currently Professor of Astronomy at Teikyo-Heisei University in Tokyo, Japan. Richard Strom recently retired as Chief Scientist at ASTRON, where he carried out radio astronomical research, while also investigating the history of Dutch radio astronomy and aspects of Chinese astronomical history. He is now an Adjunct Professor in the Center for Astronomy at James Cook University (Australia). In 2010 he will spend half a year as a Visiting Professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Highlighting the History of Astronomy in the Asia-Pacific Region

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the ICOA-6 Conference

  • Editors: Wayne Orchiston, Tsuko Nakamura, Richard G. Strom

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8161-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-8160-8Published: 31 August 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4105-6Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-8161-5Published: 27 August 2011

  • Series ISSN: 1570-6591

  • Series E-ISSN: 1570-6605

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 660

  • Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, History of Science, Archaeology

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