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This volume provides a comprehensive overview of current researches on science in the Muslim-Arab world. The papers deal with the religious and institutional context, mathematics, optics, astronomy, mechanics, natural philosophy, and pharamacology.The present volume also includes a general author index of the 21 volumes that make up the proceedings of the XXth International Congress of History of Science.

El título que tiene en sus manos, está realizado por un grupo de aficionados a la Astronomía, todos ellos miembros de la Sociedad Astronómica Asturiana OMEGA. Es una ayuda inestimable para aquellos que se inician a la observación astronómica, ya que al estar escrito por un colectivo con una dilatada experiencia, nos ofrece el rigor de un trabajo muchas veces realizado, y la frescura que el astrónomo aficionado imprime a sus trabajos. El libro está adecuadamente sistematizado lo que permite una mejor y clara lectura, dividido en unos capítulos que permiten la búsqueda rápida:...

Everyone has questions about our universe: How hot is Venus? Can you distinguish between a pulsar and a quasar? Is there a universe or a multiverse? Where do we fit into the infinitely grand scheme of things? How do we map the Cosmic Microwave Background? Most tantalizing of all: Is there anyone out there? This small volume encapsulates the terrifying hugeness of the cosmos into bite-sized particles that mere earthlings can understand. It takes you on a cosmic tour, shedding light on the most awesome of objects and places and explaining some very big ideas, concepts, and discoveries. It also...

In the framework of the 20th International Congress of History of Science (Liege 1997), a symposium was devoted to the historical work of Adolph P. Youschkevitch (1906-1993). The present volume includes the papers read during the symposium as well as contributions on current issues in the history of mathematics: mathematics as a cultural strength, mathematics from antiquity to the classical period, probability theory and its applications, mathematics in the 19th and 20th centuries.