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21. Simplicius on astronomy and physics - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Simplicius_astro_physics/

    7 Mar 2023: However, it consists almost entirely of writings of Geminus on the scope of astronomy contrasted with that of physics which Simplicius quotes at length:-. ... The things, then, of which alone astronomy claims to give an account it is able to establish by

22. The teaching of mathematics in Ancient Rome - Some topics in the…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Projects/Watson/chapter-3/

    7 Mar 2023: For example Vitruvius, writing for architects, suggests that his students should include in their general education knowledge of Geometry, Optics, Arithmetic, Astronomy, and others (Law, Medicine, Music, Philosophy and History). ... Galen recommends to

23. Alice Everett (1865 - 1949) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Everett/

    17 May 2024: Everett, Alice, Survey of Astronomical History, Astronomers: Middlesex, The Society for the History of Astronomy. ... M B Ogilvie, Obligatory amateurs: Annie Maunder (1868-1947) and British women astronomers at the dawn of professional astronomy, British

24. Mathematics at Aberdeen 1 - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Education/Aberdeen_1/

    7 Mar 2023: Betty Ponting published a two-part article on the history of Mathematics at Aberdeen in The Aberdeen University Review. ... The Arts curriculum was to be widened with greater emphasis on Arithmetic and Geometry and to include teaching of Greek, Latin,

25. Benoit Mandelbrot - Telegraph obituary - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Obituaries/Mandelbrot_Telegraph/

    7 Mar 2023: He became expert in certain areas of linguistics; game theory; aeronautics; engineering; economics; physiology; geography; astronomy and physics. ... He was also an avid student of the history of science.

26. Indian mathematics - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Indian_mathematics/

    10 Jul 2023: show). 1. R Calinger, A conceptual history of mathematics (Upper Straddle River, N. ... A I Volodarskii, Outlines of the history of medieval Indian mathematics (Russian) "Nauka" (Moscow, 1977).

27. A Brief History of Time and Calendars - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Astronomy/bhistory/

    7 Mar 2023: References:. M Hoskin, The Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy (Cambridge, 1999). ... D Leverington, Encyclopaedia of the History of Astronomy and Astrophysics (Cambridge, 2013).

28. Payne-Gaposchkin introduction - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Payne-Gaposchkin_introduction/

    7 Mar 2023: 1. Preface. This book is intended to introduce the elements of astronomy to the student and to the general reader who may have little background to mathematics or physics. ... 2. Introduction: The Dawn of Astronomy. When Science from Creation's face.

29. William Herschel (1738 - 1822) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Herschel_William/

    25 Jan 2024: A Armitage, William Herschel (Nelson, 1962). A Berry, A Short History of Astronomy. ... M Hoskin, William Herschel and the Southern Skies, Journal of the History of Astronomy 41 (2010), 503.

30. Byrd hints - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Byrd_hints/

    7 Jun 2023: One of the papers was Hints on the 'Popular Study of Astronomy', Sidereal Messenger 6 (1887), 151-156 and we give a version of this paper below. ... Everybody looks at the sky, but it is well nigh painful to any student of astronomy to consider how