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New Insights From Recent Studies in Historical Astronomy: Following in the Footsteps of F. Richard Stephenson, 2015
A Meeting to Honor F. Richard Stephenson on His 70th Birthday
Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings Series, Vol. 43
Coordinators: Orchiston Wayne, Green David A., Strom Richard
Language: EnglishSubjects for New Insights From Recent Studies in Historical...:
Publication date: 10-2016
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 01-2015
350 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Hardback
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Wayne Orchiston was born in Auckland (New Zealand) in 1943, and has B.A. (Honors) and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Sydney. Formerly an Associate Professor of Astronomy at James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, he is currently a researcher at the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand and an Adjunct Professor of Astronomy at the University of Southern Queensland in Toowoomba (where he supervises a number of off-campus part-time Ph.D. history of astronomy students). A former Secretary of IAU Commission 41 (History of Astronomy), Dr. Orchiston is the founder and former Chair of the IAU Working Group on Historic Radio Astronomy and founder and current Chair of the IAU Working Group on Transits of Venus. In addition to Commission 41, he is a member of IAU Commissions 40 (Radio Astronomy) and 46 (Astronomy Education and Development). He is the founding Editor of the Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage. Dr. Orchiston's research interests lie mainly in astronomical history, astronomical education and meteoritics and he has more than 350 publications, including the following books: Nautical Astronomy in New Zealand. The Voyages of James Cook (1998), Astronomical Instruments and Archives From the Asia-Pacific Region (2004, co-edited by Richard Stephenson, Nha Il-Seong and Suzanne Débarbat), The New Astronomy: Opening the Electromagnetic Window and Expanding our View of Planet Earth (2005, editor), Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Oriental Astronomy (2006, co-edited by Kwan-Yu Chen, Boonrucksar Soonthornthum and Richard Strom), Highlighting the History of Astronomy in the Asia-Pacific Region. Proceedings of the ICOA-6 Conference (2011, co-edited by Tsuko Nakamura and Richard Strom) and Mapping the Oriental Sky. Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Oriental Astronomy (ICOA-7) (2011, co-edited by Tsuko Nakamura, Mitsuru Sôma and Richard Strom).
David A. Green was born in Kingston-upon-Hull (Engla
Honors the work of pioneering astronomical historian F. Richard Stephenson, the founder of applied historical astronomy
Discusses the new insights of recent research using historical data on such topics as the aurora, solar activity and supernovae
Contains recent research by some of the world's foremost historians of astronomy across a range of studies
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras