3 articles for “Ancient Astronomy”

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsEarly Greek Astrophysics: The Foundations of Modern Science and TechnologyXenophon MoussasThe foundations of modern science and technology, metrology, experimental physics, theoretical physics, theoretical mathematics, astrophysics, including applied optics and spectroscopy go back to the Prehistoric, Presocratic, Classical and Hellenistic Greece. This tradition is well deep rooted in time, going back mainly to the epoch of the prehistoric Aegean sea, the mainland of Greece and the Islands, Cycladic, Euboea, as well … …Space Science International, Vol. 1, Issue 2 · 4 Feb 2014 · 8,679 accessesView PDF Cite

Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractNASA has Found the Most Distant Black HoleRelly Victoria Petrescu, Raffaella Aversa, Antonio Apicella, Florian Ion Tiberiu PetrescuScientists have uncovered a rare relic from the early universe: the farthest known supermassive black hole. This matter-eating beast is 800 million times the mass of our Sun, which is astonishingly large for its young age. Researchers report the find in the journal Nature. "This black hole grew far larger than we expected in only 690 million years after the … …Journal of Aircraft and Spacecraft Technology, Vol. 2, Issue 1 · 18 Jan 2018 · 7,292 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Rise of the Physical Sciences in “Stricto Sensu” The Developmental Approach and the History of SciencesGeorg W. OesterdiekhoffJ. Piaget dedicated several books and articles on the psychogenetic reconstruction of the history of sciences. A couple of disciples followed Piaget´s ideas and reconstructed the history of single disciplines or of some scientific developments in terms of developmental psychology. They found a striking similarity between childish psychological stages and the sciences in their premodern period. Correspondingly, they also found … …Physics International, Vol. 8, Issue 1 · 31 Oct 2017 · 8,636 accessesView PDF Cite