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1. Thirty years of the HST

Author

James M. Lattis

Subjects
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), Astronomy and Astrophysics
Published
2023
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3. American Astronomers in Belgium, 1919: Snapshots from the Founding of the IAU

Author

James M. Lattis and Anthony J. Lattis

Subjects
History, Space and Planetary Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ancient history, First world war
Abstract

The USA delegation to the July 1919 International Research Council meeting in Brussels included Joel Stebbins, then professor of astronomy and observatory director at the University of Illinois, as secretary of the executive committee appointed by the National Research Council. Stebbins, an avid photographer, documented the travels of their party as the American astronomers attended the meeting and later toured devastated towns, scarred countryside, and battlefields only recently abandoned. Published reports of the meeting afterward attest to the impression left on the American visitors, and the photographs by Stebbins give us a glimpse through their own eyes. Selected photographs, recently discovered in the University of Wisconsin Archives and never before publicly seen, will be presented along with some commentary on their significance for the International Astronomical Union, which took shape at that 1919 meeting.

Published
2018
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5. Book Review: A Contemporary of Galileo: Ilario Altobelli: Scienziato, Teologo, Corrispondente di Galileo Galilei

Author

James M. Lattis

Subjects
Physics, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Aside, media_common.quotation_subject, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Character (symbol), Biography, Minor (academic), Kepler, symbols.namesake, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), Sympathy, Galileo (satellite navigation), symbols, Classics, media_common
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A CONTEMPORARY OF GALILEO Ilario Altobelli: Scienziato, Teologo, Corrispondente di Galileo Galilei. Alessandro Giostra, Francesco Merletti and William Shea (empatiabooks, Camerano, Italy, 2011). Pp. 143. euro15. ISBN 978-88-906165-0-1.This is an interesting little book making a modest contribution to our knowledge of early modern science. It contains three chapters, each more or less concerned with Ilario Altobelli, a Franciscan scholar with astronomical and astrological interests who was also, as the title states, an occasional writer of letters to major figures of his day, including Galileo, Clavius, and Magini. It is unclear how many of those letters were ever answered, making it difficult to argue for Altobelli's significance for the history of his time, but exploring his thoughts on the subjects of, first, Kepler's supernova of 1604 and, second, the publication of Galileo's Sidereus nuncius (1610), offers insights into how a minor, but well-informed and opinionated, character sought to contribute to the major issues current in his world.The first chapter, by Merletti, surveys Altobelli's life, publications, and other writings. A considerable expansion on the biographical material available in the Altobelli entry of the Dizionario biografico degli Italiani, this short chapter is a useful contribution to the literature. Its oddly discursive nature (it devotes a short section to a biography of Mauro Saraceni, who might or might not have been a teacher of Altobelli) sets the tone for the other contributions, which occasionally end up wandering far from their titles.The second chapter, by Shea, is a short essay on the early history of the telescope. Although a competent account for the most part, it is almost entirely superseded by Van Helden et al. (eds), The origins of the telescope (Amsterdam, 2010). It also has effectively no connection to Altobelli aside from the fact that after the publication of Sidereus nuncius, Altobelli asked Galileo to send him a set of lenses so that he could make his own instrument. However, Galileo never sent him lenses and there is no evidence that Altobelli ever made or used a telescope. So Shea's essay lays a background certainly relevant to Galileo's reception of Altobelli's request, but not for a scene in which Altobelli himself ever makes an entrance, despite his desire to do so. The odd sense of Altobelli's conspicuous absence, almost a negative presence, so to speak, builds. Giostra's chapter constitutes the bulk of the volume. He examines Altobelli's brief reports to Galileo on the nova of 1604 in which the former details his observations and defends the priority of his very early sighting in the evening sky of 9 October. Altobelli expresses sympathy with Galileo's public lectures in Padua on the nova and his energetic demolition of Aristotelian explanations thereof. Giostra also draws on Altobelli's much later (1610) congratulatory letter to Galileo about the discoveries detailed in the Sidereus nuncius. …

Published
2012
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6. Mizzī: Zayn al-Dīn [Shams al-Din] Abū ҁAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ҁAbd al-Raḥīm al-Mizzī al-Ḥanafī

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Francine Jackson, François Charette, Paul Murdin, Richard Baum, David Jefferies, Donald W. Hillger, Hartmut Frommert, Trudy E. Bell, Arthur J. Ehlmann, Patricia S. Whitesell, Steven M. Roode, Laurent Hodges, James M. Lattis, Rudi Paul Lindner, William Sheehan, Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie, Ian T. Durham, Virginia Trimble, Setsuro Ikeyama, Jordan D. Marché, Kenneth Mayers, Katherine Bracher, Fabrizio Bònoli, Alan H. Batten, Monique Gros, Saori Ihara, Klaus Hentschel, Daniel W. E. Green, Richard R. Didick, Jay M. Pasachoff, Antonio E. Ten, Alexander A. Gurshtein, Norriss S. Hetherington, Scott W. Teare, Michael Saladyga, Steven L. Renshaw, Gary A. Wegner, George S. Mumford, Naomi Pasachoff, Steven N. Shore, Richard A. Jarrell, Douglas Scott, Y. Tzvi Langermann, John Rogers, Solange Grillot, Robert Alan Hatch, Thomas J. Bogdan, John McFarland, Christian Nitschelm, Ian Elliott, Daniel Kolak, Steven J. Dick, Dorrit Hoffleit, İhsan Fazlıoğlu, Dennis Danielson, Marvin Bolt, Katherine Haramundanis, Dennis D. McCarthy, J. Bryn Jones, Jacques Lévy, Alan D. Corré, Keith Snedegar, Roberto Torretti, Graham Hall, Thomas Klöti, George Gale, J. S. R. Chisholm, Victor Navarro‐Brotóns, Mihkel Joeveer, Chris K. Caldwell, Horst Kant, David Cunning, Brian G. Marsden, Ke Ve Sarma, Helmut A. Abt, Josep Casulleras, Ari Belenkiy, Narahari Achar, Len Berggren, and Thomas R. Williams

Subjects
Philosophy
Published
2014
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8. Būzjānī: Abū al-Wafā’ Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā al-Būzjānī

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Jeff Suzuki, Jordan D. Marché, Robert Alan Hatch, Jan Mietelski, Alex Dalgarno, Glenn A. Walsh, Kevin J. Kilburn, Y. Tzvi Langermann, Thomas R. Williams, Jacques Lévy, Edward Baron, Dorrit Hoffleit, Thomas J. Bogdan, Matthew F. Dowd, Peter Wlasuk, Jean‐Louis Trudel, Steven Turner, Behnaz Hashemipour, Kristian Peder Moesgaard, Alan H. Batten, Patrick A. Catt, Paul Couteau, Wolfgang Kokott, Gyula Klima, Mary Croarken, James M. Lattis, Julian Holland, Benno van Dalen, Gustav Holmberg, Guenther Görz, Michio Yano, Monique Gros, Martin Solc, Keith Snedegar, Patricia S. Whitesell, Raymonde Barthalot, Ednilson Oliveira, Christian Nitschelm, Jürgen Hamel, Roy H. Garstang, Marvin Bolt, Ian T. Durham, Virginia Trimble, Hartmut Frommert, Alexander A. Gurshtein, Alan W. Hirshfeld, Dennis Danielson, Thomas A. Dobbins, Robert J. Hurry, Daniel Kolak, Y. P. Varshni, Antonio Ten, Robert K. DeKosky, Suzanne Débarbat, John Hearnshaw, Alastair G. Gunn, Françoise Launay, Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie, Davide Neri, Robert D. McGown, Solange Grillot, Helmut A. Abt, Richard A. Jarrell, Richard Baum, Gerald P. Verbrugghe, Jean‐Pierre Luminet, Audouin Dollfus, Voula Saridakis, Alv Egeland, Steven N. Shore, Ronald Florence, Graham Hall, Michael Fosmire, Josep Casulleras, Raghini S. Suresh, Takanori Kusuba, William Sheehan, Peter Broughton, Alistair Kwan, Robert McGown, Stephen Gaukroger, Craig B. Waff, Grant Christie, Yuri V. Balashov, Eugene F. Milone, Julio Samsó, Gary L. Cameron, Raymond E. White, Roger Cayrel, Joseph F. MacDonnell, Ian Elliott, Oliver Knill, and Hidemi Takahashi

Subjects
Philosophy
Published
2014
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9. Biela, Wilhelm Freiherr von

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Jürgen Hamel, Ronald Florence, Michael Fosmire, Alexander A. Gurshtein, Marvin Bolt, Suzanne Débarbat, Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie, Gyula Klima, Mary Croarken, Kevin J. Kilburn, Y. Tzvi Langermann, Jean‐Louis Trudel, Dorrit Hoffleit, Thomas A. Dobbins, Grant Christie, Raymond E. White, Peter Broughton, Robert J. Hurry, Roger Cayrel, Joseph F. MacDonnell, Jacques Lévy, Daniel Kolak, Ian Elliott, Thomas J. Bogdan, Yuri V. Balashov, Steven Turner, Alastair G. Gunn, Kristian Peder Moesgaard, Alistair Kwan, Julio Samsó, Wolfgang Kokott, Françoise Launay, Graham Hall, Julian Holland, Alex Dalgarno, Gary L. Cameron, Ian T. Durham, Hartmut Frommert, Davide Neri, Craig B. Waff, Solange Grillot, Edward Baron, Matthew F. Dowd, Y. P. Varshni, Raghini S. Suresh, Audouin Dollfus, Jan Mietelski, Glenn A. Walsh, Robert McGown, Stephen Gaukroger, Voula Saridakis, Alv Egeland, Takanori Kusuba, Josep Casulleras, Antonio Ten, Robert K. DeKosky, Jordan D. Marché, John Hearnshaw, Alan H. Batten, Robert Alan Hatch, Virginia Trimble, William Sheehan, Eugene F. Milone, Gerald P. Verbrugghe, Alan W. Hirshfeld, Steven N. Shore, Roy H. Garstang, Patricia S. Whitesell, Dennis Danielson, Raymonde Barthalot, Peter Wlasuk, Ednilson Oliveira, Robert D. McGown, Oliver Knill, Hidemi Takahashi, Richard A. Jarrell, Richard Baum, Guenther Görz, Jean‐Pierre Luminet, Behnaz Hashemipour, Christian Nitschelm, Paul Couteau, Helmut A. Abt, Martin Solc, Jeff Suzuki, Gustav Holmberg, Michio Yano, Monique Gros, Keith Snedegar, James M. Lattis, Benno van Dalen, Patrick A. Catt, and Thomas R. Williams

Published
2014
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12. Bar Ḥiyya: Abraham Bar Ḥiyya Savasorda

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Josep Casulleras, Thomas J. Bogdan, Takanori Kusuba, William Sheehan, Richard A. Jarrell, Richard Baum, Kristian Peder Moesgaard, Kevin J. Kilburn, Y. Tzvi Langermann, Audouin Dollfus, Peter Broughton, Wolfgang Kokott, Jean‐Pierre Luminet, Dorrit Hoffleit, Jordan D. Marché, Robert Alan Hatch, Voula Saridakis, Alistair Kwan, Grant Christie, Guenther Görz, Yuri V. Balashov, Alv Egeland, Christian Nitschelm, Marvin Bolt, Alex Dalgarno, Robert J. Hurry, Gerald P. Verbrugghe, Mary Croarken, Jeff Suzuki, Steven N. Shore, Suzanne Débarbat, Thomas A. Dobbins, Raymond E. White, John Hearnshaw, Behnaz Hashemipour, Robert McGown, Graham Hall, Edward Baron, Michio Yano, Daniel Kolak, Paul Couteau, Stephen Gaukroger, Matthew F. Dowd, Monique Gros, James M. Lattis, Ronald Florence, Michael Fosmire, Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie, Roger Cayrel, Joseph F. MacDonnell, Ian Elliott, Keith Snedegar, Virginia Trimble, Jürgen Hamel, Oliver Knill, Hidemi Takahashi, Gustav Holmberg, Roy H. Garstang, Dennis Danielson, Benno van Dalen, Alan W. Hirshfeld, Julian Holland, Y. P. Varshni, Alexander A. Gurshtein, Patrick A. Catt, Thomas R. Williams, Peter Wlasuk, Eugene F. Milone, Ian T. Durham, Hartmut Frommert, Jean‐Louis Trudel, Gyula Klima, Craig B. Waff, Julio Samsó, Alastair G. Gunn, Françoise Launay, Alan H. Batten, Gary L. Cameron, Jacques Lévy, Davide Neri, Solange Grillot, Antonio Ten, Robert K. DeKosky, Patricia S. Whitesell, Raymonde Barthalot, Ednilson Oliveira, Robert D. McGown, Jan Mietelski, Helmut A. Abt, Glenn A. Walsh, Martin Solc, Steven Turner, and Raghini S. Suresh

Subjects
Bar (music), media_common.quotation_subject, Geometry, Art, media_common
Published
2014
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13. Lārī: Muṣliḥ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ṣalāḥ ibn Jalāl al-Sàdī al-ҁIbādī al-Anṣārī al-Lārī

Author

Michael Frost, Ian T. Durham, Henry L. Giclas, Hartmut Frommert, Deng Kehui, Horst Kant, Tim Trachet, Daniel Kolak, Glenn A. Walsh, Joseph S. Tenn, Jordan D. Marché, Jeff Suzuki, Sonja Brentjes, Graham Hall, Steven M. Roode, Hannu Karttunen, Arthur Upgren, Kim Plofker, Christian Nitschelm, Richard A. Jarrell, David Aubin, J. Bryn Jones, Luisa Pigatto, Shin Yabushita, Milcho Tsvetkov, Katherine Haramundanis, Dorrit Hoffleit, Albert Bijaoui, James M. Lattis, Monique Gros, Marvin Bolt, Simone Dumont, Marco Murara, Alexander A. Gurshtein, Pekka Teerikorpi, Suvendra Nath Dutta, Gerald White, Isaac Benguigui, Christof A. Pflicht, Harry G. Lang, Helge Kragh, Christof A. Plicht, Ezio Vailati, Richard Baum, David Strauss, Sergei Maslikov, Alastair G. Gunn, Kenneth Mayers, Léo Houziaux, Robinson M. Yost, and John McFarland

Subjects
Philosophy
Published
2014
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14. Banachiewicz, Thaddeus Julian

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Thomas R. Williams, Steven Turner, Ronald Florence, Michael Fosmire, Alan H. Batten, Jean‐Louis Trudel, Kevin J. Kilburn, Y. Tzvi Langermann, Dorrit Hoffleit, Raymond E. White, Roger Cayrel, Joseph F. MacDonnell, Ian Elliott, Kristian Peder Moesgaard, Gyula Klima, Behnaz Hashemipour, Yuri V. Balashov, Wolfgang Kokott, Jan Mietelski, Paul Couteau, Glenn A. Walsh, Alex Dalgarno, Peter Wlasuk, Craig B. Waff, Robert J. Hurry, Marvin Bolt, Antonio Ten, Robert K. DeKosky, Edward Baron, Matthew F. Dowd, Gerald P. Verbrugghe, Alastair G. Gunn, Françoise Launay, Patrick A. Catt, Jordan D. Marché, Jacques Lévy, Graham Hall, Gustav Holmberg, Jeff Suzuki, Robert Alan Hatch, Martin Solc, Y. P. Varshni, Gary L. Cameron, Eugene F. Milone, Robert D. McGown, Julian Holland, John Hearnshaw, Helmut A. Abt, Ian T. Durham, Hartmut Frommert, Julio Samsó, James M. Lattis, Raghini S. Suresh, Benno van Dalen, Michio Yano, Richard A. Jarrell, Richard Baum, Monique Gros, Keith Snedegar, Audouin Dollfus, Jean‐Pierre Luminet, Oliver Knill, Hidemi Takahashi, Voula Saridakis, Takanori Kusuba, Alv Egeland, Roy H. Garstang, Dennis Danielson, Thomas J. Bogdan, Jürgen Hamel, Josep Casulleras, Patricia S. Whitesell, Alexander A. Gurshtein, Raymonde Barthalot, Ednilson Oliveira, Steven N. Shore, William Sheehan, Guenther Görz, Christian Nitschelm, Virginia Trimble, Alan W. Hirshfeld, Thomas A. Dobbins, Daniel Kolak, Suzanne Débarbat, Robert McGown, Stephen Gaukroger, Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie, Grant Christie, Peter Broughton, Alistair Kwan, Mary Croarken, Davide Neri, and Solange Grillot

Subjects
Philosophy
Published
2014
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15. Birjandi: ҁAbd al- ҁAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-Birjandi

Author

Patricia S. Whitesell, Raymonde Barthalot, Ednilson Oliveira, Edward Baron, Matthew F. Dowd, Martin Solc, Eugene F. Milone, Josep Casulleras, Kristian Peder Moesgaard, Jordan D. Marché, Marvin Bolt, William Sheehan, Guenther Görz, Peter Wlasuk, Christian Nitschelm, Robert Alan Hatch, Wolfgang Kokott, James M. Lattis, Steven N. Shore, Raymond E. White, Peter Broughton, Ronald Florence, Michael Fosmire, Roger Cayrel, Joseph F. MacDonnell, Alastair G. Gunn, Françoise Launay, Ian Elliott, Benno van Dalen, Alistair Kwan, Alan H. Batten, Thomas A. Dobbins, Gyula Klima, Mary Croarken, Jan Mietelski, Daniel Kolak, Virginia Trimble, Gerald P. Verbrugghe, Oliver Knill, Hidemi Takahashi, Glenn A. Walsh, Patrick A. Catt, Julio Samsó, Alan W. Hirshfeld, Richard A. Jarrell, Richard Baum, Robert J. Hurry, Thomas J. Bogdan, Jean‐Pierre Luminet, Julian Holland, Behnaz Hashemipour, Craig B. Waff, Gary L. Cameron, Kevin J. Kilburn, Y. Tzvi Langermann, Paul Couteau, Robert McGown, Antonio Ten, Robert K. DeKosky, Thomas R. Williams, Stephen Gaukroger, Robert D. McGown, Gustav Holmberg, Jacques Lévy, Ian T. Durham, Dorrit Hoffleit, Grant Christie, Hartmut Frommert, Steven Turner, Raghini S. Suresh, Davide Neri, Jean‐Louis Trudel, Takanori Kusuba, Helmut A. Abt, Yuri V. Balashov, Solange Grillot, Michio Yano, Monique Gros, Keith Snedegar, Y. P. Varshni, Jeff Suzuki, Graham Hall, Jürgen Hamel, Alexander A. Gurshtein, Audouin Dollfus, Suzanne Débarbat, Voula Saridakis, Alv Egeland, Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie, Roy H. Garstang, Dennis Danielson, John Hearnshaw, and Alex Dalgarno

Subjects
Philosophy
Published
2014
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28. Letters to the Editor

Author

Luigi Pepe and James M. Lattis

Subjects
History, History and Philosophy of Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
Published
1995
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32. Between Copernicus and Galileo : Christoph Clavius and the Collapse of Ptolemaic Cosmology

Author

James M. Lattis and James M. Lattis

Subjects
Cosmology, Medieval, Astronomy, Medieval
Abstract

Between Copernicus and Galileo is the story of Christoph Clavius, the Jesuit astronomer and teacher whose work helped set the standards by which Galileo's famous claims appeared so radical, and whose teachings guided the intellectual and scientific agenda of the Church in the central years of the Scientific Revolution. Though relatively unknown today, Clavius was enormously influential throughout Europe in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries through his astronomy books—the standard texts used in many colleges and universities, and the tools with which Descartes, Gassendi, and Mersenne, among many others, learned their astronomy. James Lattis uses Clavius's own publications as well as archival materials to trace the central role Clavius played in integrating traditional Ptolemaic astronomy and Aristotelian natural philosophy into an orthodox cosmology. Although Clavius strongly resisted the new cosmologies of Copernicus and Tycho, Galileo's invention of the telescope ultimately eroded the Ptolemaic world view. By tracing Clavius's views from medieval cosmology the seventeenth century, Lattis illuminates the conceptual shift from Ptolemaic to Copernican astronomy and the social, intellectual, and theological impact of the Scientific Revolution.

Published
1994

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