New Insights From Recent Studies in Historical Astronomy: Following in the Footsteps of F. Richard Stephenson

This book contains papers from a conference held to celebrate the 70th birthday of one of the world’s foremost astronomical historians, Professor F. Richard Stephenson, the latest recipient of the American Astronomical Society’s highest award for research

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Wayne Orchiston David A. Green Richard Strom Editors

New Insights From Recent Studies in Historical Astronomy: Following in the Footsteps of F. Richard Stephenson A Meeting to Honor F. Richard Stephenson on His 70th Birthday

Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings Volume 43

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Richard and the late Ellen Stephenson

Wayne Orchiston • David A. Green Richard Strom Editors

New Insights From Recent Studies in Historical Astronomy: Following in the Footsteps of F. Richard Stephenson A Meeting to Honor F. Richard Stephenson on His 70th Birthday

Editors Wayne Orchiston National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand

David A. Green Cavendish Laboratory University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK

Richard Strom Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy Dwingeloo, The Netherlands

ISSN 1570-6591 ISSN 1570-6605 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-07613-3 ISBN 978-3-319-07614-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-07614-0 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014953898 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Dedicated to the Memory of Ellen Stephenson (1938–2012)

Foreword

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