Colin A. Ronan (1920–1995)
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Obras de Colin A. Ronan
Encyclopedia of Astronomy: A Comprehensive Survey of Our Solar System, Galaxy and Beyond (1979) 17 copias
Manual del astrónomo aficionado todo lo que podemos buscar en la inmensidad del cielo durante el día y la… (1990) 4 copias
SEGREDOS DO COSMOS 3 copias
THE AGES OF SCIENCE. 2 copias
L'astronomia pratica — Traductor — 2 copias
Man's expanding view of space 1 copia
ディーブスバース: 深宇宙への旅=Deep space 1 copia
Changing Views of the Universe 1 copia
The shorter Science and civilisation in China: An abridgement of Joseph Needham's original text 1 copia
The meaning of light 1 copia
The astronomers 1 copia
Man Probes The Universe 1 copia
Le meraviglie del cosmo 1 copia
THE ASTRONOMERS 1 copia
Astronomi for alle 1 copia
História natural do universo 1 copia
Naturgeschichte des Universums 1 copia
Histoire mondiale des sciences 1 copia
La tierra de polo a polo 1 copia
The Astronomers 1 copia
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- Ronan, Colin Alistair
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1920-06-04
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1995-06-01
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- London, England, UK
- Lugares de residencia
- London, England, UK
- Educación
- Abingdon School, Oxfordshire, England, UK
University College London - Ocupaciones
- author
administrator
historian of science - Organizaciones
- British Army (WWII)
- Premios y honores
- Fellow, Royal Society
Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society
British Astronomical Association
International Astronomical Union
Asteroid namesake "4024 Ronan"
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- Obras
- 81
- Miembros
- 1,087
- Popularidad
- #23,626
- Valoración
- 3.8
- Reseñas
- 17
- ISBNs
- 118
- Idiomas
- 12
Throughout the book there are reconstructions, usually occupying a whole page, of some ancient technology that has been described but is now lost. One is a toy Greek temple, where lighting a fire on the altar causes the temple doors to swing ajar. Another is a Chinese earthquake direction detecting device (called a seismograph by the author, analogizing a bit too much there). Another is a monumental clepsydra in the Temple of the Winds in Athens. Occupying both pages is a Roman water driven mill, for grinding grain. And another is a reconstruction of the ziggurat of Ur-Nammu. These are all credited to "John Smith"; artist or publisher, I can not say.
The text is in two columns and well-written. The book was published in the 1970s and the author clearly believed that Columbus was unusual in believing the earth was round. This is now commonly understood to be false. Most navigators of Columbus's time believed that the earth was round, but there was a lot of disagreement on its size, with some adhering to an estimate around that of Eratosthenes's and others, including Columbus, giving more credence to Ptolemy's smaller and far less correct estimate.… (más)