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Orreries, Clocks, and London Society

The Evolution of Astronomical Instruments and Their Makers
BuchKartoniert, Paperback
348 Seiten
Englisch
Springererschienen am24.12.20202. Aufl.
With a particular focus on London society and clockmakers, it weaves together historical narrative with practical know-hows and scientific fact, showing how the orrery changed from a fanciful toy to a high-tech instrument to a vessel for art and education.mehr
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Produkt

KlappentextWith a particular focus on London society and clockmakers, it weaves together historical narrative with practical know-hows and scientific fact, showing how the orrery changed from a fanciful toy to a high-tech instrument to a vessel for art and education.
Zusammenfassung
Explores the fascinating history of clockmaking and orreries

Paints a vivid picture of London science and society

Includes new sections on planetariums and orreries in education
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-3-030-61776-9
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2020
Erscheinungsdatum24.12.2020
Auflage2. Aufl.
ReiheAstronomers' Universe
Seiten348 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
IllustrationenXXVII, 348 p. 255 illus., 88 illus. in color.
Artikel-Nr.49039277

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1. Setting the Scene.- Chapter 2. Honest George, Chronometers and the Mystery of the Disappearing Proto-Orreries.- Chapter 3. Orrery: the Man and the Model.- Chapter 4. A Closer Look at Gear Calculations, Time Corrections, Escapements and Orbital Resonance.- Chapter 5. The Clockmaker´s London.- Chapter 6. Modern and Orrery Times Compared.- Chapter 7. The Planetarium: A Journey into Space.- Chapter 8. Postface.- Appendix 1: A Select Timeline.- Appendix 2: Glossary.- Appendix 3: Bibliograph.- Indexmehr
Kritik
"This book offers a reasonable overview of the history of the orrery and English scientific culture of its time, with many handsome pictures and diagrams. It clearly meets the author's objective of crafting an essential introduction for students and science educators. Professional historians, scientists and museum curators could draw inspirations from this introductory book, especially its attempt to put orreries into a bigger picture of astronomical models and instruments from ancient to modern times." (Hsiang-fu huang, Journal for the History of Astronomy, Vol. 52 (3), August, 2021)mehr

Schlagworte

Autor

Dr. Tony Buick is a chemist by profession and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. In the area of amateur astronomy, he has contributed to Sky at Night, MENSA, the Society for Popular Astronomy and various other magazines and journals. Upon his retirement, Dr. Buick returned to his lifelong interest in astronomy, prompting the research that forms the foundation of this book. He has a wide range of interests, from the infinite- through a telescope-to the infinitesimal-through a microscope-and has in addition to his astronomy work published articles on tardigrades, robust microscopic animals that can even survive in space.