Archaeoastronomy: Introduction to the Science of Stars and Stones (考古天文學：星星與石頭的科學入門)

Magli, Giulio

Archaeoastronomy: Introduction to the Science of Stars and Stones
  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2025-01-03
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  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 316
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 3031749596
  • ISBN-13: 9783031749599

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This book provides the first comprehensive, easy-to-read, and up-to-date account of the fascinating discipline of archaeoastronomy, in which the relationship between ancient constructions and the sky is studied to gain a better understanding of the ideas of the architects of the past and their religious and symbolic worlds. The book is divided into three sections. The first section discusses in detail the fundamentals of archaeoastronomy, including the celestial coordinates, the apparent motion of the sun, moon, stars, and planets, observation of celestial bodies at the horizon, the use of astronomical software in archaeoastronomy, and current methods for making and analyzing measurements . The second part explores the past relations between astronomy and people, power, the afterworld, architecture, and landscape The final section reviews what archaeoastronomy can now tell us about the nature and purpose of such sites and structures as Stonehenge, the Pyramids of Giza, Chichen Itza, the Angkor Temples, the Campus Martius, Machu Picchu and the Valley of the Temples of Agrigento. Additionally, it provides a set of exercises that can be performed using non-commercial free software, e.g., Google Earth and Stellarium, and that will equip readers to conduct their research. This book is an ideal introduction to what has become a wide-ranging multidisciplinary science. This newly revised edition includes the most recent research on Stonehenge, ancient Japan, and other sites worldwide.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

本書提供了第一部全面、易讀且最新的考古天文學介紹，該學科研究古代建築與天空之間的關係，以更好地理解過去建築師的思想及其宗教和象徵世界。本書分為三個部分。第一部分詳細討論了考古天文學的基本原理，包括天體坐標、太陽、月亮、星星和行星的表觀運動、在地平線上觀測天體、在考古天文學中使用天文軟體，以及當前的測量製作和分析方法。第二部分探討了天文學與人類、權力、來世、建築和景觀之間的過去關係。最後一部分回顧了考古天文學目前能告訴我們的有關如史前巨石陣、吉薩金字塔、奇琴伊察、吳哥寺、馬爾提斯校園、馬丘比丘和阿格里真托神廟谷等地點和結構的性質與目的。此外，本書還提供了一組可以使用非商業免費軟體（例如 Google Earth 和 Stellarium）進行的練習，幫助讀者進行研究。本書是對這一已成為廣泛跨學科科學的理想入門介紹。這一新修訂版包括了有關史前巨石陣、古代日本及其他全球地點的最新研究。

作者簡介

Giulio Magli is an Italian astrophysicist/archaeoastronomer who works primarily on the relationship between the architecture of ancient cultures and the sky. After receiving his Ph.D. in mathematical physics at the University of Milan, he initially conducted research in relativistic astrophysics but gradually moved toward archaeoastronomy, with a special interest in the relationship between architecture, landscape, and the mathematical/astronomical lore of ancient cultures, especially among the ancient Egyptians but also among the Incas, in Asia and in the Mediterranean. He became a full professor of mathematical physics at the Politecnico of Milan in 2005, and he is currently the head of the FDS Laboratory for the Communication of Science there. Since 2009, he has taught the only official course on archaeoastronomy ever established in an Italian University. His previous books include Mysteries and Discoveries of Archaeoastronomy (Springer 2009) Architecture, Astronomy and Sacred Landscape in Ancient Egypt (Cambridge University Press 2013) and Sacred Landscapes of Imperial China (Springer 2020). He has taught the first-ever massive open online course on archaeoastronomy. The course is freely available on the Politecnico of Milan POK and Coursera's MOOC platforms.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

Giulio Magli 是一位意大利的天體物理學家/考古天文學家，主要研究古代文化的建築與天空之間的關係。在米蘭大學獲得數學物理學博士學位後，他最初從事相對論天體物理學的研究，但逐漸轉向考古天文學，特別關注建築、景觀與古代文化的數學/天文知識之間的關係，尤其是古埃及人、印加人、亞洲及地中海地區的文化。他於2005年成為米蘭理工大學的數學物理學全職教授，並目前擔任該校科學傳播FDS實驗室的負責人。自2009年以來，他教授了意大利大學中唯一的官方考古天文學課程。他的著作包括《考古天文學的神秘與發現》（Springer 2009）、《古埃及的建築、天文學與神聖景觀》（劍橋大學出版社 2013）以及《帝國中國的神聖景觀》（Springer 2020）。他還教授了首個大規模開放在線考古天文學課程，該課程可在米蘭理工大學的POK平台和Coursera的MOOC平台上免費獲得。

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