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Big Astronomy: large telescopes and the dual narrative of impact [PDF]
, 2023 In chapter 28 David Baneke discusses the transformation of astronomy from a Big to a 'mega' science. Astronomy changed from being big, in terms of relying on big telescopes, to being big in terms of involving huge networks on a global scale and producing
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Interrelations Between Astrochemistry and Galactic Dynamics
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2021 This paper presents a review of ideas that interconnect astrochemistry and galactic dynamics. Since these two areas are vast and not recent, each one has already been covered separately by several reviews.
Edgar Mendoza +8 more
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Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki, 2023 Karen ní Mheallaigh, The Moon in the Greek and Roman Imagination. Myth, Literature, Science and Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2020 (Greek Culture in the Roman World), DOI 10.1017 ...
Maciej Jasiński
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The Modern Age through the theatrum mundi metaphor: Cartography, astronomy, opera and philosophy of history [PDF]
, 2020 The Modern Age through the theatrum mundi metaphor: cartography, astronomy, opera and philosophy of history Abstract: In this article I try to understand the importance of the theatrum mundi metaphor for the configuration of the Modern Age. After a brief
Martín Sáez, Daniel
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History of the Inductive Sciences
, 2010 A central figure in Victorian science, William Whewell (1794–1866) held professorships in Mineralogy and Moral Philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge, before becoming Master of the college in 1841.
William Whewell
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Philosophia Scientiæ, 2022 The usual account of Auguste Comte, thinker of the “positive” science, overshadows his attention to the “spectacle of destruction” (and of obsolescence), to which the metaphysical state of human knowledge and humanity offers the stage. I first illustrate
Jan Maršálek
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Articles by Salih Zeki: A Preliminary Bibliographic Study
Osmanli Bilimi Arastirmalari, 2022 In this study, the bibliography of articles by the Turkish historian of science and educator Salih Zeki (1864–1921) was examined as part of a research project that took place between 2018 and 2021.
Alper Atasoy
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Pourquoi la philosophie indienne ne doit pas être laissée aux seuls philosophes
ThéoRèmes, 2017 Historians of astronomy, linguistics or ancient Indian medicine are expected to be more or less familiar with the modern counterparts of these disciplines. What about philosophy?
Johannes Bronkhorst
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The Depth of the Heavens – Belief and Knowledge During 2500 Years
Open Astronomy, 2003 For Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) the spiritual cosmos contained the Heavens, Earth and Hell, and it was compatible with the physical cosmos known from Aristotle (384-322 B.C.).
Høg Erik
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History of astronomy under the auspices of the IAU
, 2015 International Astronomical Union was formed after the First World War although it became truly international only after the Second World War. Its Commission 41 on History of Astronomy (C41) was set up in 1948 and in a few years established itself as an ...
Corbin, Brenda +8 more
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