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The History of Science and Natural Philosophy among the Croats (With Particular Reference to the Exact Sciences), Volume IV: The Enlightenment and Volume V: The Pre-Revival Age

Kartografija i Geoinformacije, 2019
In 2018, Izvori published another two volumes by academician Žarko Dadić, the eminent Croatian historian of science, and author of a score of books and large number of articles and papers on the history of mathematics, physics and astronomy.
Marijana Borić
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The Mathematical and Cosmological Logic of Yuga Cycles

This study reconstructs Yuga chronology with a mathematical and cosmological framework. It integrates precession and long-cycle astronomy, base-60 numerical structures, and dynamical models of decay and renewal, comparing Purāṇic accounts with modern ...
Darshan Dwarkanath Chikmagalur Moorthy
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The Image of the Sun in the Cosmological Narratives of Ukraine from the Late Nineteenth to the First Third of the Twentieth Century: Literary, Philosophical and Astronomical Dimensions

Философия и космология
This article continues the investigation of largely overlooked episodes in the history of twentieth century Ukrainian philosophy of cosmology initiated in previous studies (Vdovychenko & Pohorilyi, 2025a; Vdovychenko & Pohorilyi, 2025b).
Heorhii Vdovychenko, Andrii Pohorilyi
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History of geophysics

, 2010
Research activities focusing on the history and philosophy of various sciences are rather heterogeneous. Some disciplines, such as medicine, mathematics, and astronomy, have numerous noteworthy compendia and even specialized journals where papers on ...
Schröder, W., W. Schröder
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Planets and the Possibility of Life beyond Earth 

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The question of whether life exists beyond Earth has intrigued humans throughout history. Millennia of speculation have fueled both philosophy and theology, with contemplations of the spiritual state of alien beings shedding new light on that state of ...
Jennifer J. Wiseman
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Infinity

, 2022
Infinity is a big topic. Most people have some conception of things that have no bound, no boundary, no limit, no end. The rigorous study of infinity began in mathematics and philosophy, but the engagement with infinity traverses the history of cosmology,
Mancosu, Paolo, Hajek, Alan, Easwaran, Kenny, Oppy, Graham   +3 more
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Islamic Views on Contemporary Cosmology

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Here, I present classical and contemporary Islamic views on cosmology in both its ancient or medieval and modern definitions. I briefly review the main ideas of Muslim thinkers (philosophers, exegetes, Sufis, etc.) from over a thousand years ago to today.
Nidhal Guessoum
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What Should Students Learn? Stellar Magnitudes?

, 2003
One of the perennial questions for teachers of astronomy survey courses is whether to use the magnitude system in general use by amateur and professional astronomers, or whether to give all star brightnesses in powers-of-ten notation. The problem goes to
Pasachoff, Jay M.
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Space time and maps

, 2016
Concepts of space and time were important for man, at various levels, for philosophy, science and religion. Astronomy, Philosophy, Mathematics, Physics, Geography and Cartography were most involved topics.
Luigi Mussio, Bellone, Tamara, Mussio, Luigi, Tamara Bellone   +3 more
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History of science in basic physics education: what topics are part of this history?

Revista Internacional de Formação de Professores, 2017
Taking as theme the use of the history and philosophy of science as a strategy for the physics teaching in high school, we aim to investigate which topics of physics have already been the object of proposals and investigations in this sense. For this, we
Andre Coelho da Silva, Ana Amélia Cyrineu   +1 more
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