This multidisciplinary work celebrates Wayne Orchiston's career and accomplishments in historical and cultural astronomy on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Over thirty of the world’s leading scholars in astronomy, astrophysics, astronomical history, and cultural astronomy have come together to honor Wayne across a wide range of research topics.
These themes include:
• Astronomy and Society
• Emergence of Astrophysics
• History of Radio Astronomy
• Solar System
• Observatories and Instrumentation
• Ethnoastronomy and Archeoastronomy
This exceptional collection of essays presents an overview of Wayne’s prolific contributions to the field, along with detailed accounts of the book’s diverse themes. It is a valuable and insightful volume for both researchers and others interested in the fields of historical astronomy and cultural astronomy.
Arvustused
The book is well put together and a useful index. Such a volume cannot possibly claim to be comprehensive, but as a taster of the topics currently being researched by the history-of-astronomy community, it cannot be beaten. (Mike Frost, Journal of the British Astronomical Association, August 12, 2024)
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1. COSMOS AND CULTURE: LINKING THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.-
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2. SWEDENS THIRTY DAYS IN FEBRUARY: CALENDAR REFORM.
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3.
EARLY STAR CHARTS OF THE DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY.
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4. THE SEARCH FOR
EXTRATERRESTRIAL CIVILIZATIONS: A SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, POLITICAL, SOCIAL,
AND CULTURAL ADVENTURE.
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5. WHATS IN A NAME? THAT WHICH WE CALL
ANDERS EARTHRISE, AS PASTEUR T, DIDNT SOUND AS SWEET (ADVENTURES IN LUNAR
EXPLORATION AND NOMENCLATURE ON THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF APOLLO 8).-
Chapter 6. THE LIFE AND SCIENCE OF LÉON FOUCAULT AS A MUSE.
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7. THE
MERE FANCIFUL ABSTRACTIONS OF SCIENCE.
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8. HENRY NORRIS RUSSELLS
CAMPAIGN TO MAKE PHYSICS THE CORE OF ASTROPHYSICS.
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9. ASTRONOMICAL
TRAVELS IN ASIA.
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10. THE DISCOVERY OF THE COMA CLUSTER OF GALAXIES.-
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11. FROM AIRCRAFT CARRIERS TO THE COSMOS: COMPARING AND CONTRASTING
THE CAREERS OF JOHN BOLTON AND JOSEPH WEBER.
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12. GROTE REBER IN
TASMANIA.-Chapter
13. WAYNE ORCHISTON AND THE HISTORY OF RADIO ASTRONOMY.-
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14. THE HOLE-IN-THE-GROUND TELESCOPE AND THE DISCOVERY OF THE
GALACTIC CENTRE.
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15. REMAINS OF THE DAY: HISTORICAL REMNANTS OF THE
CSIRO RADIOPHYSICS FIELD STATIONS.
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16. HISTORY OF COSMIC MAGNETIC
FIELDS.
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17. WHERE'S WALDO? LEONARD WALDO AND THE 1878 TOTAL SOLAR
ECLIPSE IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
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18. THE EVOLUTION OF METEOR AS AN
ASTRONOMICAL TROPE 15601760.
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19. NEW ZEALAND OBSERVATIONS OF THE
GREAT COMET OF 1881, C/1881 K1 (TEBBUTT).
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20. SOLAR ECLIPSES, WAYNE
ORCHISTON, AND ME.
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21. POLITICS AND THE DIMENSIONS OF THE SOLAR
SYSTEM: JOHN WINTHROPS OBSERVATIONS OF THE TRANSITS OF VENUS.
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22.
INVESTIGATION OF SHANG DYNASTY ORACLE BONES AND ECLIPSES.
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23. ON
JEAN-CHARLES HOUZEAU AND HILMAR DUERBECK: HOW TRANSITS OF VENUS MOLDED THEIR
LATE PROFESSIONAL LIVES.
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24. WILLIAM HERSCHEL AND THE MOON.
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25. THE NASHVILLE TRIO OF ASTRONOMERS AT THE DYER OBSERVATORY IN TENNESSEE:
CARL SEYFERT, ROBERT HARDIE AND JOHN DEWITT.
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26. EARLY PHOTOMETERS
AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, CAPE.
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27. EVOLUTIONS IN THE HISTORY OF
VISUAL TIME SIGNALS FOR MARINERS.
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28. CLOSING ENCOUNTERS: THE
EFFORTS OF THE NSW BRANCH OF THE BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION TO SAVE
SYDNEY OBSERVATORY.
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29. FINDING COLONIAL NEW ZEALANDS PLACE IN THE
WORLD: ASTRONOMY AND A GEODESICAL SURVEYOR.
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30. INCA CULTURAL
ASTRONOMY.
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31. THE ASTRONOMY OF THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLES OF THE SYDNEY
BASIN.
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32. USING THE SIGNIFICANT HORIZONS METHODOLOGY TO DETERMINE
POTENTIAL ASTRONOMICAL USE OF ABORIGINAL STONE ARRANGEMENTS.
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33.
ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA IN PREMODERN ARMENIAN AND GEORGIAN WRITTEN SOURCES.
Steven Gullberg holds a Ph.D. in astronomy from James Cook University (Australia) and is Professor of Cultural Astronomy at the University of Oklahoma (USA), where he is Lead Faculty for the School of Integrative and Cultural Studies. He is the Universitys Director for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture, serves as Chair of the International Astronomical Unions Working Group for Astronomy in Culture, and serves as the Managing Editor of the Journal of Astronomy in Culture. He has conducted extensive field research on the astronomy of the Incas in the Peruvian Andes and has written many research papers. He is the author of Astronomy of the Inca Empire: Use and Significance of the Sun and the Night Sky (Springer Nature, 2020), co-editor of Education and Heritage in the Era of Big Data Astronomy (Cambridge University Press, 2021), and co-editor of Cultural Astronomy in Latin America (World Scientific, in press). At the University of Oklahoma, he ledthe development of an archaeoastronomy distance-learning program and courses designed to educate researchers around the world. Steven regularly presents papers at international conferences as he endeavors to globally advance the field of Cultural Astronomy. Peter Robertson holds a PhD in the history of astronomy from the University of Southern Queensland (Australia) and is currently an honorary research fellow in the Astrophysics Group at the University of Melbourne. Peter spent most of his career in science publishing, including over twenty years as the Managing Editor of the Australian Journal of Physics, published jointly by CSIRO and the Australian Academy of Science. Since his retirement in 2009, he has spent much of his time researching the development of radio astronomy in Australia. He is the author of three books: Beyond Southern Skies: Radio Astronomy and the Parkes Telescope (Cambridge University Press, 1992); Radio Astronomer:John Bolton and a New Window on the Universe (NewSouth Books, 2017); and Golden Years of Australian Radio Astronomy: An Illustrated History (Springer, in press). Peter is currently an Associate Editor of Journal of Astronomical History & Heritage.
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