The Growth and Development of Astronomy and Astrophysics in India and the Asia-Pacific Region ICOA-9, Pune, India, 15-18 November 2016 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Orchiston, Wayne (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sule, Aniket (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Vahia, Mayank (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, 54
• Subjects: Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Popular Science in Astronomy.

This book discusses the study of astronomy in different cultures, applied historical astronomy and history of multi-wavelength astronomy, and the genesis of recent research. It contains peer-reviewed papers gathered from the International Conference on Oriental Astronomy 9 (ICOA-9) held at the India...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Astronomical Instruments and Observatories
• Chapter 2. Observational Astronomy
• Chapter 3. Eclipses, Transits and Occultants
• Chapter 4. Mathematical Astronomy, Calendrical Astronomy and Dating
• Chapter 5. The Emergence of Astrophysics and Radio Astronomy in Asia
• Chapter 6. Middle Eastern Astronomy
• Chapter 7. Asian Ethnoastronomy and Archeoastronomy.