Richard De Grijs

Broschiertes Buch

Time and Time Again

Determination of longitude at seain the 17th Century

Beschreibung

This book explores the role Dutch scholars played in the development of instruments and technology in the 17th Century that would allow sailors to accurately and precisely determine their position, in particular longitude, using the motions of the Sun/stars together with accurate time pieces.

Autor

Richard de Grijs has been a professor at the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Peking University in China since 2009. He was the founding director (2012-2016) of the East Asian Regional Office of Astronomy for Development, and has held the role of Discipline Scientist (Astrophysics) at the International Space Science Institute - Beijing since 2015. His research focuses on many aspects of star cluster physics, and he is also currently engaged in a number of research projects related to the history of astronomy, with special emphasis on the 17th Century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: IOP Publishing Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780750319706
• ISBN-10: 0750319704
• Artikelnr.: 74177174