Atlas Maior of 1665
Atlas Maior of 1665

Author: Joan Blaeu

Publisher:

Published: 2016-07-04

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 9783836538039

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Superlatives flounder in the face of Joan Blaeu's Atlas Maior, one of the most extravagant feats in the history of mapmaking. This stunning edition is based on the Austrian National Library's complete colored and gold-heightened copy and reprints its 594 maps covering all then-known continents to the highest reproduction standard, rendering...

Star Tales
Star Tales

Author: Ian Ridpath

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2018-01-01

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0718894782

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Every night, a pageant of Greek mythology circles overhead. Perseus flies to the rescue of Andromeda, Orion faces the charge of the snorting Bull, and the ship of the Argonauts sails in search of the Golden Fleece. Constellations are the invention of human imagination, not of nature. They are an expression of the human desire to impress its own order upon the apparent chaos of the night sky. Modern science tells us that these twinkling points of light are glowing balls of gas, but the ancient Greeks, to whom we owe many of our constellations, knew nothing of this. Ian Ridpath, award-winning astronomy writer and popularizer, has been intrigued by the myths of the stars for many years. Star Tales is the first modern guide to combine all the fascinating myths in one book, illustrated with the beautiful and evocative engravings from two of the leading star atlases: Johann Bode’s Uranographia of 1801 and John Flamsteed’s Atlas Coelestis of 1729. This classic book, now in a revised and expanded edition, presents additional information on the constellations with new and enchanting illustrations. For anyone interested in the stars and classical mythology, for anyone who is an armchair astronomer, this is the perfect gift.

The Wraparound Universe
The Wraparound Universe

Author: Jean-Pierre Luminet

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2008-03-21

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 1439864969

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What shape is the universe? Is it curved and closed in on itself? Is it expanding? Where is it headed? Could space be wrapped around itself, such that it produces ghost images of faraway galaxies? Such are the questions posed by Jean-Pierre Luminet in The Wraparound Universe, which he then addresses in clear and accessible language. An expert in bl

Monumenta cartographica Neerlandica
Monumenta cartographica Neerlandica

Author: Günter Schilder

Publisher: Monumenta Cartographica Neerla

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 1013

ISBN-13: 9789061946212

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This 9th volume in the series of 'Monumenta Cartographica Neerlandica' includes a separate extensive thematic index on the complete series. For more information, please ask for our special brochure on this publication. We have a limited stock of earlier published volumes available. This volume focuses exclusively on the work of Hessel Gerritsz (c. 1581-1632), who ranks among the most important and influential cartographers of the early-seventeenthcentury Amsterdam. He started his career in Willem Jansz. Blaeu's workshop. About 1608 he established himself as an independent engraver, mapmaker and printer. A selection of his maps has been described and reproduced in full size and his position as chart-maker of the Dutch East and West India Company is discussed in detail. This is the last and final volume in the series 'Monumenta Cartographica Neerlandica'.

Traveling from New Spain to Mexico
Traveling from New Spain to Mexico

Author: Magali M. Carrera

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2011-06-03

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 0822349914

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How colonial mapping traditions were combined with practices of nineteenth-century visual culture in the first maps of independent Mexico, particularly in those created by the respected cartographer Antonio Garc&ía Cubas.

Encyclopedia of the Scientific Revolution
Encyclopedia of the Scientific Revolution

Author: Wilbur Applebaum

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-12-16

Total Pages: 1628

ISBN-13: 1135582556

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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.