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Test of mode-division multiplexing and demultiplexing in free-space with diffractive transformation optics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
open5openGIANLUCA RUFFATO, 1; FILIPPO ROMANATO, ; 1Department of Physics and Astronomy ‘G. Galilei’, University of Padova; 2Laboratory for Nanofabrication of Nanodevices, c.so Stati Uniti 4GIANLUCA RUFFATO, 1; Romanato, Filippo; Ruffato, Gianluca ...

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Photonic Integrated Circuits for Microwave Astronomy

open access: yesInventions, 2023
One of the main objectives of cosmology is the measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization and, in particular, the so-called B-modes, which could demonstrate the existence of the primordial gravitational waves generated at the early
Guillermo Pascual-Cisneros   +2 more
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Spatial thinking in astronomy education research

open access: yesPhysical Review Physics Education Research, 2018
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Astronomy Education Research.] Multiple studies show that spatial thinking skills contribute to students’ performance in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines.
Merryn Cole   +3 more
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The importance of discourse and attitude in learning astronomy. A mixed methods approach to illuminate the results of the TIMSS 2011 survey.

open access: yesNordina: Nordic Studies in Science Education, 2014
The TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) survey carried out in 2011 showed that Norwegian 8th graders reversed a declining trend in science achievement that had lasted almost two decades.
Trude Nilsen, Carl Angell
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A Project-Based Instruction Approach to Improving Student Lunar Phases Learning Outcomes: A Quantitative Inquiry

open access: yesEducation Sciences, 2022
We investigated how students’ lunar phases learning outcomes were affected by student and teacher demographic characteristics (gender, race/ethnicity, spatial thinking ability, and content knowledge).
Merryn Cole   +2 more
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ASTRONOMY IN RENAISSANCE ART

open access: yesVitruvian Cogitationes, 2022
What is the importance of presenting, explaining and conceptualizing the sky as a phenomenon of nature in the midst of Renaissance works of art? In this study are presented some artistic constructs of the Renaissance that are described in detail.
Mario Livio
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International Year of Astronomy (IYA 2009): Selected Resources.

open access: yesIssues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2009
The article reviews web sites on general astronomy and 2009 International Year of Astronomy (IYA) such as the following, available at http://www.astronomy2009.org, 100 Hours of Astronomy available at http://www.100hoursofastronomy.org and Dark Skies ...
Mandy Taha, Joseph R. Kraus
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The peculiar fate of human reason. Reflections on Kant’s concept of astronomy [PDF]

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2023
The question whether and how Kant can introduce a concept of reason which is compatible with his critical claims of enlightenment is a perennial challenge.
Meer Rudolf
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Telaah Ayat-Ayat Hisab Rukyah Perspektif Astronomi

open access: yesAl-Mizan, 2018
The discourse of the verses of the Qur’an regarding the reckoning (hisab) and determining date by sighting of moon (rukyat) did not find passages that describe implicitly on an initial determination by using the lunar month of reckoning, but explicitly ...
Nursodik Nursodik
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Exploring the Time Domain With Synoptic Sky Surveys [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Synoptic sky surveys are becoming the largest data generators in astronomy, and they are opening a new research frontier, that touches essentially every field of astronomy.
A. A. Mahabal   +17 more
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