Colin A. Ronan (1920–1995)
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The Skywatcher's Handbook: Night and Day, What to Look for in the Heavens Above (1985) 94 exemplaren
De mens ontdekt het heelal: planeten, sterren en melkwegstelsels en hun bestudering door sterrenkundigen (1964) 17 exemplaren
Encyclopedia of Astronomy: A Comprehensive Survey of Our Solar System, Galaxy and Beyond (1979) 17 exemplaren
Manual del astrónomo aficionado todo lo que podemos buscar en la inmensidad del cielo durante el día y la… (1990) 4 exemplaren
SEGREDOS DO COSMOS 3 exemplaren
L'astronomia pratica — Vertaler — 2 exemplaren
THE AGES OF SCIENCE. 2 exemplaren
Man's expanding view of space 1 exemplaar
ディーブスバース: 深宇宙への旅=Deep space 1 exemplaar
Le meraviglie del cosmo 1 exemplaar
Changing Views of the Universe 1 exemplaar
The shorter Science and civilisation in China: An abridgement of Joseph Needham's original text 1 exemplaar
The meaning of light 1 exemplaar
Come osservare il cielo: di giorno e di notte 1 exemplaar
The astronomers 1 exemplaar
Man Probes The Universe 1 exemplaar
THE ASTRONOMERS 1 exemplaar
Astronomi for alle 1 exemplaar
História natural do universo 1 exemplaar
Naturgeschichte des Universums 1 exemplaar
Histoire mondiale des sciences 1 exemplaar
La tierra de polo a polo 1 exemplaar
História Ilustrada da Ciência - Vol II 1 exemplaar
The Astronomers 1 exemplaar
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- Ronan, Colin Alistair
- Geboortedatum
- 1920-06-04
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1995-06-01
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- UK
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- London, England, UK
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- London, England, UK
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- Abingdon School, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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historian of science - Organisaties
- British Army (WWII)
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- Fellow, Royal Society
Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society
British Astronomical Association
International Astronomical Union
Asteroid namesake "4024 Ronan"
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Throughout the book there are reconstructions, usually occupying a whole page, of some ancient technology that has been described but is now lost. One is a toy Greek temple, where lighting a fire on the altar causes the temple doors to swing ajar. Another is a Chinese earthquake direction detecting device (called a seismograph by the author, analogizing a bit too much there). Another is a monumental clepsydra in the Temple of the Winds in Athens. Occupying both pages is a Roman water driven mill, for grinding grain. And another is a reconstruction of the ziggurat of Ur-Nammu. These are all credited to "John Smith"; artist or publisher, I can not say.
The text is in two columns and well-written. The book was published in the 1970s and the author clearly believed that Columbus was unusual in believing the earth was round. This is now commonly understood to be false. Most navigators of Columbus's time believed that the earth was round, but there was a lot of disagreement on its size, with some adhering to an estimate around that of Eratosthenes's and others, including Columbus, giving more credence to Ptolemy's smaller and far less correct estimate.… (meer)