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Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences in Rio de Janeiro – between science and public
Tyragetia, 2014 Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences in Rio de Janeiro (MAST) was opened in 1985 and is now one of the most popular institutions of this type in Brazil. It stores artifacts related to the Brazilian science and technology.
Lucia Marinescu-Tonu
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Michael Vasilyevich Lomonosov and St. Petersburg Academy of Science
RUDN Journal of Philosophy, 2012 Three hundred years ago in 1711 the Great Russian scientist Michael Vasilyevich Lomonosov was born. He was skilled practically in all sciences of his time - mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, mining, philology, poetry, history, philosophy.
T S Sorokina
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Classes and problems of natural philosophy of P. Francisco Mendoça SJ
Humanitas, 2016 The author presents De floribus Philosophiae written by the famous Jesuit Francisco Mendoça (†1626), professor of Philosophy and rector of the College of Arts in Coimbra in the first years of the XVIIth century.
Carlota Miranda Urbano
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How many universes are necessary for an ice cream to melt? [PDF]
Serbian Astronomical Journal, 2003 We investigate a quantitative consequence of the Acausal-Anthropic approach to solving the long-standing puzzle of the thermo dynamical arrow of time.
Ćirković Milan M.
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Fermi's paradox: The last challenge for copernicanism? [PDF]
Serbian Astronomical Journal, 2009 We review Fermi's paradox (or the 'Great Silence' problem), not only arguably the oldest and crucial problem for the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI), but also a conundrum of profound scientific, philosophical and cultural importance. By a
Ćirković M.M.
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The peculiar fate of human reason. Reflections on Kant’s concept of astronomy [PDF]
SHS 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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Computing possible worlds in the history of modern astronomy [PDF]
, 2016 As part of an ongoing study of causal models in the history of science, a counterfactual scenario in the history of modern astronomy is explored with the aid of computer simulations.
Osvaldo Pessoa Jr. +7 more
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Maya records of planetary conjunctions in Dresden Codex [PDF]
Serbian Astronomical JournalOld Mayas designed a very complicated calendar, and they also recorded important historical events and astronomical phenomena. Dresden Codex (DC), one of the four preserved Mayan hieroglyphic literal legacies, contains many of these, covering ...
Vondrák J., Böhm V., Böhm B.
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Newly found Mayan records of astronomical phenomena in Dresden Codex [PDF]
Serbian Astronomical Journal, 2023 The rich culture of old Maya gave birth to a very complicated and complex calendar; they also recorded important historical events and many significant astronomical phenomena.
Vondrák J., Böhm V., Böhm B.
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A Chi-Squared Analysis of the Measurements of Two Cosmological Parameters over Time
Universe, 2020 The aim of this analysis was to determine whether or not the given error bars truly represented the dispersion of values in a historical compilation of two cosmological parameters: the amplitude of mass fluctuations (σ8) and Hubble’s constant (H0 ...
Timothy Faerber +1 more
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