Colin A. Ronan (1920–1995)
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Faszinierende Wissenschaft : Universum, Natur, Technik und wie sie funktionieren (1993) 57 Exemplare
Encyclopedia of Astronomy: A Comprehensive Survey of Our Solar System, Galaxy and Beyond (1979) 17 Exemplare
Manual del astrónomo aficionado todo lo que podemos buscar en la inmensidad del cielo durante el día y la… (1990) 4 Exemplare
SEGREDOS DO COSMOS 3 Exemplare
L'astronomia pratica — Übersetzer — 2 Exemplare
THE AGES OF SCIENCE. 2 Exemplare
Man's expanding view of space 1 Exemplar
ディーブスバース: 深宇宙への旅=Deep space 1 Exemplar
Le meraviglie del cosmo 1 Exemplar
Changing Views of the Universe 1 Exemplar
The shorter Science and civilisation in China: An abridgement of Joseph Needham's original text 1 Exemplar
The meaning of light 1 Exemplar
The astronomers 1 Exemplar
Man Probes The Universe 1 Exemplar
THE ASTRONOMERS 1 Exemplar
Astronomi for alle 1 Exemplar
História natural do universo 1 Exemplar
Naturgeschichte des Universums 1 Exemplar
Histoire mondiale des sciences 1 Exemplar
La tierra de polo a polo 1 Exemplar
História Ilustrada da Ciência - Vol II 1 Exemplar
The Astronomers 1 Exemplar
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- Ronan, Colin Alistair
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- 1920-06-04
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- 1995-06-01
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- UK
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- London, England, UK
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- London, England, UK
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- Abingdon School, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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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.… (mehr)