Archaeoastronomy in the Roman World
暫譯: 羅馬世界的考古天文學
Magli, Giulio, Gonzalez-Garcia, Antonio Cesar, Belmonte Aviles, Juan
- 出版商: Springer
- 出版日期: 2019-04-10
- 售價: $6,780
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- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 205
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- ISBN: 3319970062
- ISBN-13: 9783319970066
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This book explores the insights that Cultural Astronomy provides into the classical Roman world by unveiling the ways in which the Romans made use of their knowledge concerning the heavens, and by shedding new light on the interactions between astronomy and heritage in ancient Roman culture. Leading experts in the field present fascinating information on how and why the Romans referred to the sky when deciding upon the orientation of particular monuments, temples, tombs and even urban layouts. Attention is also devoted to questions of broader interest, such as the contribution that religious interpretation of the sky made in the assimilation of conquered peoples.
When one considers astronomy in the Roman world it is customary to think of the work and models of Ptolemy, and perhaps the Julian calendar or even the sighting of the Star of Bethlehem. However, like many other peoples in antiquity, the Romans interacted with the heavens in deeper ways that exerted a profound influence on their culture. This book highlights the need to take this complexity into account in various areas of research and will appeal to all those who wish to learn more about the application of astronomy in the lives and architecture of the Romans.
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這本書探討了文化天文學對古典羅馬世界的見解，揭示了羅馬人如何利用他們對天空的知識，並為古羅馬文化中天文學與遺產之間的互動提供了新的視角。該領域的領先專家提供了有關羅馬人在決定特定紀念碑、寺廟、墓葬甚至城市佈局的方向時，如何以及為什麼參考天空的迷人資訊。書中也關注了更廣泛的問題，例如宗教對天空的詮釋在被征服民族的同化過程中所作出的貢獻。
當考慮羅馬世界的天文學時，通常會想到托勒密的工作和模型，或許還有儒略曆，甚至是伯利恆之星的觀測。然而，與古代的許多其他民族一樣，羅馬人以更深層的方式與天空互動，這對他們的文化產生了深遠的影響。本書強調在各個研究領域中考慮這種複雜性的重要性，並將吸引所有希望了解天文學在羅馬人生活和建築中應用的人士。
作者簡介
Giulio Magli is a prominent physicist and currently a Professor at the Politecnico of Milan, where he is also Dean of the Department of Mathematics. Dr. Magli's initial research focus was in the field of relativistic astrophysics, but since 1999 his attention has gradually shifted to archaeoastronomy, and especially the relationship between architecture, landscape, and the mathematical-astronomical lore of ancient cultures. He is one of the authors of the UNESCO-IAU document on astronomical heritage and has written several previous books, including most recently Archaeoastronomy - Introduction to the Science of Stars and Stones (Springer 2016). Dr. Magli has been a visiting scientist at several institutions outside Italy and regularly presents talks at national and international meetings. His research has been the subject of two CNN documentaries broadcast to a worldwide audience.
Antonio César González-García holds a PhD in Astronomy from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, and currently works as a Ramón y Cajal fellow at the Institute of Heritage Sciences (Incipit) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Santiago de Compostela. Prior to taking up his present post, he held postdoctoral positions at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarlas (IAC, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain; 2003-6) and the Theoretical Physics Department of the Autonomous University of Madrid (2006-10). Dr. González-García's main research area is Cultural Astronomy, while within Astrophysics his focus has been on the formation and evolution of galaxies as studied through N-body computer simulations. He is the present Secretary of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture (SEAC, 2014-).
Juan Antonio Belmonte is a Research Professor of Astronomy at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (Tenerife, Spain), where he lectures on the history of astronomy and archaeoastronomy and investigates exoplanets, stellar physics, and cultural astronomy. He has published or edited a dozen books and authored nearly 200 publications on these subjects. He was Director of the Science and Cosmos Museum of Tenerife from 1995 to 2000, and President of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture (SEAC) from 2005 to 2011. In 2010 he received SEAC's Carlos Jaschek Award for his contributions to the discipline. An advisory editor of the Journal for the History of Astronomy, in recent years he has undertaken extensive research into the astronomical traditions of ancient civilizations.
Elio Antonello is an astronomer at the INAF-Brera Astronomical Observatory. He has conducted extensive research in theoretical and observational stellar astrophysics and in the field of space technologies. He is President of the Italian Society for Archaeoastronomy, an association devoted to Cultural Astronomy, i.e., the study of the importance of sky gazing in every society and epoch. He is interested in the astronomical effects on the climate and the consequent impact on the history of human evolution and societies.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Giulio Magli 是一位著名的物理學家，目前擔任米蘭理工大學的教授，並且是數學系的系主任。Magli 博士最初的研究重點是相對論天體物理學，但自1999年以來，他的注意力逐漸轉向考古天文學，特別是建築、景觀與古代文化的數學-天文學知識之間的關係。他是聯合國教科文組織-國際天文聯合會（UNESCO-IAU）有關天文遺產文件的作者之一，並且曾撰寫多本書籍，最近的著作是《考古天文學 - 星星與石頭的科學導論》（Springer 2016）。Magli 博士曾在意大利以外的多個機構擔任訪問科學家，並定期在國內外會議上發表演講。他的研究曾是兩部在全球播出的 CNN 紀錄片的主題。
Antonio César González-García 擁有荷蘭格羅寧根大學的天文學博士學位，目前在西班牙國家研究委員會（CSIC）位於聖地亞哥-德孔波斯特拉的遺產科學研究所（Incipit）擔任 Ramón y Cajal 研究員。在擔任目前職位之前，他曾在加那利天文學研究所（IAC，西班牙特內里費島拉古納；2003-2006）和馬德里自治大學理論物理系（2006-2010）擔任博士後職位。González-García 博士的主要研究領域是文化天文學，而在天體物理學方面，他的重點是通過 N-body 電腦模擬研究星系的形成與演化。他目前是歐洲文化天文學會（SEAC，2014-）的秘書。
Juan Antonio Belmonte 是加那利天文學研究所（西班牙特內里費島）的天文學研究教授，教授天文學史和考古天文學，並研究系外行星、恆星物理學和文化天文學。他已出版或編輯十多本書籍，並在這些主題上發表近200篇論文。他曾於1995年至2000年擔任特內里費科學與宇宙博物館的館長，並於2005年至2011年擔任歐洲文化天文學會（SEAC）的會長。2010年，他因對該學科的貢獻獲得 SEAC 的 Carlos Jaschek 獎。他是《天文學史期刊》的顧問編輯，近年來，他對古代文明的天文傳統進行了廣泛的研究。
Elio Antonello 是 INAF-Brera 天文台的天文學家。他在理論和觀測恆星天體物理學以及空間技術領域進行了廣泛的研究。他是意大利考古天文學會的會長，該協會致力於文化天文學，即研究在每個社會和時代中仰望天空的重要性。他對天文現象對氣候的影響及其對人類演化和社會歷史的影響感興趣。
