The Emergence of Astrophysics in Asia Opening a New Window on the Universe /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nakamura, Tsuko (Editor), Orchiston, Wayne (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Historical & Cultural Astronomy,
• Subjects: Physics.; History.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; History of Science.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

This book examines the ways in which attitudes toward astronomy in Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan, Thailand and Uzbekistan have changed with the times. The emergence of astrophysics was a worldwide phenomenon during the late nineteenth and early twentieth...