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Taking the Stars
This text focuses on the history of the development of hand-held celestial navigation instruments, offering descriptions of the tools used. It also includes a glossary of technical terms.
The Quest for Longitude
The Quest for Longitude is a book for students and for teachers, for collectors and for scholars, and for the thousands of people who, having enjoyed Sobel's Longitude, desire a well-illustrated reference that describes in detail the many fascinating devices and the intriguing characters who, by solving the ancient problem of finding longitude at sea, changed the world forever. 250 illustrations, 120 in color.
Encyclopedia of the Scientific Revolution
With unprecedented current coverage of the profound changes in the nature and practice of science in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe, this comprehensive reference work addresses the individuals, ideas, and institutions that defined culture in the age when the modern perception of nature, of the universe, and of our place in it is said to have emerged. Covering the historiography of the period, discussions of the Scientific Revolution's impact on its contemporaneous disciplines, and in-depth analyses of the importance of historical context to major developments in the sciences, The Encyclopedia of the Scientific Revolution is an indispensible resource for students and researchers in the history and philosophy of science.
Guide to the History of Technology in Europe 2000
The fourth edition of the Guide provides an improved, updated directory of over 1000 individuals and organisations involved in the history of technology. Comprehensive entries for researchers include job titles, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, as well as e-mail addresses, main and subsidiary interests and details of one publication by each researcher. Institutions are listed according to country, and the Guide also gives details of key journals. This directory will be invaluable for academics, researchers, museums and the media and has a place on the desks of all those engaged in the history and development of technology.
Longitudine
Per secoli, fino al Settecento, il “problema della longitudine” fu una delle questioni più sentite e discusse nel mondo scientifico e non solo: nell’epoca delle grandi esplorazioni moltissime navi, incapaci di misurare la loro posizione, si smarrivano nell’oceano perdendo in mare il loro carico di uomini, merci, tesori. Anche astronomi del calibro di Galileo, Cassini, Huygens, Newton e Halley avevano cercato invano una soluzione basandosi sulla Luna e le stelle. Finché, nel 1714, il Parlamento inglese offrì una ricompensa di ventimila sterline in oro (l’equivalente di dieci milioni di euro oggi) a chi avesse scoperto come determinare la longitudine di una nave nell’oceano. La ...
L'Astronomie
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