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Ancient Indian Astronomy and Contributions of Samanta Chandra Sekhar
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Ancient Indian Astronomy and Contributions of Samanta Chandra Sekhar Hardcover - 2003 - 1st Edition

by L. Satpathy


From the publisher

Samanta Chandra Sekhar (1835-1904) occupies a special position in Ancient Indian Astronomy, being the last link in a long chain of illustrious astronomers commencing with Aryabhata (5th century AD). The book describes how he identified errors accumulated over the ages, eradicated them and brought the subject to final perfection. The discovery of the three anomalies in the motion of the moon, hiking of the Earth-Sun distance by more than ten times the value taken by his predecessors and his novel planetary model with heliocentric motion of the planets are some of his major contributions. How astronomy developed in ancient civilizations of the world, and the frontier topics in astrophysics like Dark Matter are all discussed to enlighten the reader.

Details

  • Title Ancient Indian Astronomy and Contributions of Samanta Chandra Sekhar
  • Author L. Satpathy
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 386
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi
  • Date 2003-04
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9788173194320 / 8173194327
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.5 x 7.25 x 9.9 in (24.13 x 18.42 x 25.15 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Astronomy - India - History, Candraasekhara Siomha
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004311302