F. Richard Stephenson

Historical Eclipses and Earth's Rotation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A scientist who has studied eclipses for many years tells their story and explains their importance today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 981g
• ISBN-13: 9780521056335
• ISBN-10: 0521056330
• Artikelnr.: 23426257

Inhaltsangabe

1. Variations in the length of the day: a historical perspective
2. Tidal friction and the ephemerides of the Sun and Moon
3. Pre-telescopic eclipse observations and their analysis
4. Babylonian and Assyrian records of eclipses
5. Investigation of Babylonian observations of solar eclipses
6. Timed Babylonian lunar eclipses
7. Untimed Babylonian observations of lunar eclipses: horizon phenomena
8. Chinese and other East Asian observations of large solar eclipses
9. Other East Asian observations of solar and lunar eclipses
10. Records of eclipses in ancient European history
11. Eclipse records from medieval Europe
12. Solar and lunar eclipses recorded in medieval Arabic chronicles
13. Observations of solar and lunar eclipses made by medieval Arab astronomers
14. Determination of changes in the length of the day and geophysical interpretation
Appendix A
Appendix B
References.