Highlighting the History of Astronomy in the Asia-Pacific Region

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Applied Historical Astronomy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Historical Eclipses and Earth’s Rotation: 700 BC–AD 1600

      • F. Richard Stephenson

      Pages 3-20

   3. Solar Eclipses at Sunrise or Sunset in the Chunqiu Period

      • Kiyotaka Tanikawa, Tadato Yamamoto, Mituru Sôma

      Pages 21-43

   4. The Possible Interpretation of a Mural in a Sixth Century Koguryo Tumulus as an AD 555 Solar Eclipse Record

      • Nha Il-Seong, Sarah L. Nha

      Pages 45-52

   5. Statistics of Oriental Astronomical Records: What Can They Tell Us?

      • Richard G. Strom

      Pages 53-57

3. Archaeoastronomy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59

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   2. The Origin and Growth of Astronomy, as Viewed from an Indian Context

      • M. N. Vahia, Nisha Yadav

      Pages 61-84

   3. The Astronomy of Peruvian Huacas

      • Steven Gullberg, J. McKim Malville

      Pages 85-118

4. Astronomers, Books, Manuscripts, and Star Charts

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119

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   2. Άbdul-Ra\(\d{h}\)mān al-Şūfī and His Book of the Fixed Stars: A Journey of Re-discovery

      • Ihsan Hafez, F. Richard Stephenson, Wayne Orchiston

      Pages 121-138

   3. Japanese Astronomy in the Seventh Century

      • Mitsuru Sôma, Kiyotaka Tanikawa

      Pages 139-151

   4. An Astronomical Problem in a Japanese Traditional Mathematical Text: The 49th Problem of the Kenki-sanpo of Takebe Katahiro

      • Yukio Ôhashi

      Pages 153-170

   5. Hirayama Kiyotsugu: Discoverer of Asteroid Families

      • Seiko Yoshida, Tsuko Nakamura

      Pages 171-197

   6. The 1395 Planisphere, Cheongsang Yeolcha Bunya-Ji-Do, and Two Earlier Star Maps in Korea

      • Nha Il-Seong, Sarah L. Nha

      Pages 199-207

   7. The Seungjeongwon Ilgi as a Major Source of Korean Astronomical Records

      • F. Richard Stephenson

      Pages 209-222

5. Nineteenth Century Transits of Venus and Solar Eclipses

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223

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   2. The 1874 Transit of Venus and the Popularisation of Astronomy in the USA as Reflected in the New York Times

      • Stella Cottam, Wayne Orchiston, Richard Stephenson

      Pages 225-241

   3. Some Highlights of the Lick Observatory Solar Eclipse Expeditions

      • John C. Pearson, Wayne Orchiston, J. McKim Malville

      Pages 243-337

   4. The Total Solar Eclipses of 7 August 1869 and 29 July 1878 and the Popularisation of Astronomy in the USA as Reflected in the New York Times

      • Stella Cottam, John Pearson, Wayne Orchiston, Richard Stephenson

      Pages 339-375

With just 400 pages, this title provides readers with the results of recent research from some of the world's leading historians of astronomy on aspects of Arabic, Australian, Chinese, Japanese, and North and South American astronomy and astrophysics. Of particular note are the sections on Arabic astronomy, Asian applied astronomy and the history of Australian radio astronomy, and the chapter on Peruvian astronomy. This title is of particular appeal to those with research interests in applied historical astronomy; archaeoastronomy; calendars, manuscripts, and star charts; historical instruments and observatories, and the history of radio astronomy.

• Asian astronomy
• Australian astronomy
• History of astronomy
• Radio astronomy
• Star charts

• Centre for Astronomy, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

  Wayne Orchiston

• Toshima, Japan

  Tsuko Nakamura

• ASTRON, AA Dwingeloo, Netherlands

  Richard G. Strom

Wayne Orchiston is an Associate Professor in the Center for Astronomy at James Cook University (Australia), where he supervises a large pool of off-campus Ph.D. students and carries out research on the history of Australian, English, French, Indian, New Zealand, and USA astronomy. He also edits the 'Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage.' Until his recent retirement, Tsuko Nakamura carried out research on solar system astronomy and the history of Japanese astronomy whilst working at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan in Tokyo. He is currently Professor of Astronomy at Teikyo-Heisei University in Tokyo, Japan. Richard Strom recently retired as Chief Scientist at ASTRON, where he carried out radio astronomical research, while also investigating the history of Dutch radio astronomy and aspects of Chinese astronomical history. He is now an Adjunct Professor in the Center for Astronomy at James Cook University (Australia). In 2010 he will spend half a year as a Visiting Professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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