Star Maps de Nick Kanas

Star Maps: Springer Praxis Books

Autor Nick Kanas

en Limba Engleză Hardback – 2 sep 2019

Remarcăm în această a treia ediție a Star Maps o extindere semnificativă a componentei vizuale și analitice, esențială pentru înțelegerea modului în care umanitatea și-a cartografiat locul în univers. Apreciem în mod deosebit introducerea celor 50 de imagini noi și a celor două capitole inedite care explorează intersecția dintre artă și astronomie, oferind o perspectivă rară asupra hărților picturale și a reprezentărilor cerești în pictura clasică. Structura cărții ghidează cititorul printr-o progresie cronologică și tematică riguroasă, pornind de la cosmologiile non-europene și dezvoltarea constelațiilor, trecând prin „Cei Patru Mari” ai epocii de aur a cartografiei cerești, până la tranziția către hărțile stelare moderne, non-imagistice.

Această ediție publicată de Springer Nature Switzerland AG în seria Springer Praxis Books rafinează discursul autorului, integrând planșele color direct în textul explicativ, ceea ce facilitează analiza detaliilor astronomice și cartografice unice. Față de lucrarea sa anterioară, Solar System Maps, unde accentul era pus pe viziunile asupra sistemului nostru solar și evoluția acestora sub presiunea noilor descoperiri telescopice, Star Maps adoptă o perspectivă mai vastă, culturală și istorică, asupra întregului boltei cerești. În comparație cu Sky Atlas de Brooke-Hitching, E, care funcționează ca un tezaur de curiozități și mitologie, volumul lui Nick Kanas reprezintă o alternativă academică și tehnică superioară pentru cursurile de istoria astronomiei, având avantajul unei structuri de manual universitar, completată de apendice vitale pentru colecționari și cercetători, precum indicii atlaselor de constelații și glosarul de specialitate.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783030136123
ISBN-10: 3030136124
Pagini: 563
Ilustrații: XXXVI, 563 p. 226 illus., 145 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 173 x 246 x 35 mm
Greutate: 1.29 kg
Ediția:Third Edition 2019
Editura: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Colecția Springer Praxis Books
Seria Springer Praxis Books

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

De ce să citești această carte

Această lucrare este esențială pentru astronomii amatori, istoricii cartografiei și colecționarii de stampe vechi. Cititorul câștigă o înțelegere profundă a evoluției viziunii umane asupra spațiului, sprijinită de un aparat critic solid și de o iconografie bogată. Este o resursă de referință care transformă studiul hărților stelare dintr-o curiozitate estetică într-o disciplină istorică riguroasă.

Despre autor

Nick Kanas, medic și profesor emerit de psihiatrie la University of California, San Francisco, îmbină rigoarea științifică cu o pasiune de peste două decenii pentru astronomie. Membru activ al mai multor societăți de cartografie, Kanas a cercetat extensiv atlasele cerești antichizate, devenind o autoritate recunoscută în domeniu. Interesele sale vaste se reflectă în publicații diverse, de la manuale despre sănătatea comportamentală a astronauților în spațiu, precum Behavioral Health and Human Interactions in Space, până la literatură de anticipație care explorează colonizarea sistemului solar. Această expertiză multidisciplinară îi permite să abordeze cartografia celestă nu doar ca tehnică, ci și ca fenomen cultural și psihologic.

Cuprins

Preface to Third Edition.- Foreword to First Edition.- Preface to First Edition.- Acknowledgments.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.- List of abbreviations and acronyms.- Chapter 1: What is a star map?.- Chapter 2: Non-European cosmology and constellation development.- Chapter 3: European cosmology.- Chapter 4: European constellation development.- Chapter 5: Early European star maps.- Chapter 6: The "Big Four" of the Golden Age of imaged star maps.- Chapter 7: Other important star maps of the Golden Age.- Chapter 8: Special topics.- Chapter 9: Mapping the stars in early America.- Chapter 10: The transition to non-imaged star maps.- Chapter 11: Terrestrial and celestial pictorial maps.- Chapter 12: Celestial images in artistic paintings.- Appendices.- Appendix A: Collecting celestial maps and prints.- Appendix B: Supplementary reference catalog.- Appendix C: Indices of major constellation atlases.- Appendix D: The British Library "Kings's" edition.- Appendix E: Glossary.- Index.

Recenzii

“I found this to be a very fascinating aspect of this comprehensive work. I have read a number of books on the history of celestial cartography, but none with the depth and wealth of information on this important part of the history of astronomy. … I highly recommend this book to students of the history of astronomy or anyone interested in observing the night sky.” (Robert Garfinkle, Journal of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, Vol. 63 (4), 2021)

“This third edition has certainly profited from the changes and additions, all of which ensure that Kanas’s work remains the primary reference compendium for celestial cartography, just as it continues to offer an enjoyable initiation into the history of astronomy.” (Thomas Horst and Luís Tirapicos, Imago Mundi, Vol. 73 (1),2021)

“As an often-awe-struck observer of the heavens and a map enthusiast who has always admired the beauty of celestial maps, I think Nick Kanas’s book is a useful resource for any collector of celestial maps, anyone with more than a passing or casual interest in astronomy, anyone with a keen interest in the history of astronomy and astronomical instruments, or any combination thereof.” (Gretchen Hause, The Portolan, Issue 110, Spring, 2021)

“This is a work that contains many items of relevance to astronomers, who will find the illustrations of atlases and charts of particular interest, albeit with many failings in the text and descriptions. It is probably of more interest to collectors of antiquarian maps (and even they will have some problems using it).” (Storm Dunlop, The Observatory, Vol. 140 (1278), October, 2020)

“You get a real bang for your buck with Kanas’s tome. Now in its third edition, the book is well written, thoroughly researched, and beautifully illustrated with 226 images (141 in color) from actual antiquarian books and atlases. … Star Maps should greatly appeal to amateur astronomers, map collectors, and historians of astronomy and art.” (Peter Tyson, Sky & Telescope, August, 2020)

“Star Maps’s comprehensiveness, for all its jackdaw tendencies, is on balance a virtue. Like a curiosity shop packed to the rafters, it almost certainly has what you’re looking for tucked away somewhere.” (Jonathan Crowe, Calafia Journal, Issue 01, 2020)

“Star Maps excels in the clarity of its writing, is highly accurate throughout, and will serve as the authoritative work on its subject for a very long time to come. This reviewer has a growing collection of astronomy books of well over a thousand in number now, and would include Star Maps as one among a small selection of books from his library he would say deserves to be read by every person interested in the history ofastronomy.” (Alan Agrawal, Diablo Moonwatch, January, 2020)

Notă biografică

Dr. Nick Kanas is an Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, where he directed the group therapy training program and wrote a book entitled Group Therapy for Schizophrenic Patients. For over 20 years, he conducted research in group therapy, and for over 15 years after that he was the Principal Investigator of NASA-funded psychological research on astronauts and cosmonauts. In 1999, Dr. Kanas received the Aerospace Medical Association Raymond F. Longacre Award for Outstanding Accomplishment in the Psychological and Psychiatric Aspects of Aerospace Medicine. In 2008, he received the International Academy of Astronautics Life Science Award. He has over 230 scientific publications.
Dr. Kanas is the coauthor of Space Psychology and Psychiatry (now in its 2nd edition), which won the 2004 International Academy of Astronautics Life Science Book Award. In 2015, he authored Humans in Space: The Psychological Hurdles, which won the 2016 International Academy of Astronautics Life Science Book Award.

Dr. Kanas has been an amateur astronomer for over 50 years. He has collected antiquarian celestial maps for over 30 years and has given talks on the history of celestial cartography to amateur and professional groups. He is the author of Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography (now in its 2nd edition), and Solar System Maps: From Antiquity to the Space Age. An avid science fiction reader, Dr. Kanas has given talks and participated on panels at numerous World Science Fiction Conventions. He has published articles for Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine and won the Analog AnLab 2015 readers’ poll award for Best Fact Article of the year. He has published three science fiction novels for the Springer Science and Fiction series: The New Martians, The Protos Mandate, and The Caloris Network. Except for his group therapy book, all of his books are published by Springer.

Textul de pe ultima copertă

Explore the beauty and awe of the heavens through the rich celestial prints and star atlases offered in this third edition book. The author traces the development of celestial cartography from ancient to modern times, describes the relationships between different star maps and atlases, and relates these notions to our changing ideas about humanity’s place in the universe. Also covered in this book are more contemporary cosmological ideas, constellation representations, and cartographic advances.
The text is enriched with 226 images (141 in color) from actual, antiquarian celestial books and atlases, each one with an explanation of unique astronomical and cartographic features. This never-before-available hardcover edition includes two new chapters on pictorial style maps and celestial images in art, as well over 50 new images. Additionally, the color plates are now incorporated directly into the text, providing readers with a vibrant, immersive look into the history of star maps.

Caracteristici

Serves as an extensive reference book for map collectors, amateur astronomers, and historians of astronomy and art Written with non-technical language accessible to anybody who wants to learn more about celestial mapping and astronomical history Contains appendices with numerous resources for map collectors, such as contact information for dealers and auction houses, a supplementary reference catalog of important people in cartography, indices of major constellation atlases, and a thorough glossary Features two new groundbreaking chapters, one on celestial pictorial maps for the collector, and the other on the use of celestial images in art for the amateur astronomer and art history buff