Download or read book Ganita Yukti Bhasa Rationales Mathematical Astronomy of Jyesthadeva written by K. Ramasubramanian and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Astronomy in India A Historical Perspective written by Thanu Padmanabhan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-08-20 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India has a strong and ancient tradition of astronomy, which seamlessly merges with the current activities in Astronomy and Astrophysics in the country. While the younger generation of astronomers and students are reasonably familiar with the current facilities and the astronomical research, they might not have an equally good knowledge of the rich history of Indian astronomy. This particular volume, brought out as a part of the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of Indian National Science Academy, concentrates on selected aspects of historical development of Indian astronomy in the form of six invited chapters. Two of the chapters – by Balachandra Rao and M.S. Sriram – cover ancient astronomy and the development of calculus in the ancient Kerela text Yuktibhasa. The other four chapters by B.V. Sreekantan, Siraj Hasan, Govind Swarup and Jayant Narlikar deal with the contemporary history of Indian astronomy covering space astronomy, optical astronomy, radio astronomy and developments in relativistic astrophysics. These chapters, written by experts in the field, provide an in-depth study of the subject and make this volume quite unique.
Download or read book Expounding the Mathematical Seed Vol 1 The Translation written by Agathe Keller and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-06-22 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 5th century, the Indian mathematician Aryabhata wrote a small but famous work on astronomy in 118 verses called the Aryabhatiya. Its second chapter gives a summary of Hindu mathematics up to that point, and 200 years later, the Indian astronomer Bhaskara glossed that chapter. This volume is a literal English translation of Bhaskara’s commentary complete with an introduction.
Download or read book Geometry in Ancient and Medieval India written by T. A. Sarasvati Amma and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a geometrical survey of the Sanskrit and Prakrt scientific and quasi-scientific literature of India, beginning with the Vedic literature and ending with the early part of the 17th century. It deals in detail with the Sulbasutras in the Vedic literature, with the mathematical parts of Jaina Canonical works and of the Hindu Siddhantas and with the contributions to geometry made by the astronomer mathematicians Aryabhata I & II, Sripati, Bhaskara I & II, Sangamagrama Madhava, Paramesvara, Nilakantha, his disciples and a host of others. The works of the mathematicians Mahavira, Sridhara and Narayana Pandita and the Bakshali Manuscript have also been studied. The work seeks to explode the theory that the Indian mathematical genius was predominantly algebraic and computational and that it eschewed proofs and rationales. There was a school in India which delighted to demonstrate even algebraical results geometrically. In their search for a sufficiently good approximation for the value of pie Indian mathematicians had discovered the tool of integration. Which they used equally effectively for finding the surface area and volume of a sphere and in other fields. This discovery of integration was the sequel of the inextricable blending of geometry and series mathematics.
Download or read book 500 Years of Tantrasangraha written by M. S. Sriram and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `Tantrasangraha` By The Renowned Kerala Astronomer Nilakantha Somayaji (C. 1444-1545 Ad) Ranks Along With `Aryabhatiya` Of Aryabhata And Siddhantasiromani (C. 1150 Ad) Of Bhaskaracharya As One Of The Major Works Which Significantly Influenced All Further Work On Astronomy In India.
Download or read book The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth written by Glen Van Brummelen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth is the first major history in English of the origins and early development of trigonometry. Glen Van Brummelen identifies the earliest known trigonometric precursors in ancient Egypt, Babylon, and Greece, and he examines the revolutionary discoveries of Hipparchus, the Greek astronomer believed to have been the first to make systematic use of trigonometry in the second century BC while studying the motions of the stars. The book traces trigonometry's development into a full-fledged mathematical discipline in India and Islam; explores its applications to such areas as geography and seafaring navigation in the European Middle Ages and Renaissance; and shows how trigonometry retained its ancient roots at the same time that it became an important part of the foundation of modern mathematics. The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth looks at the controversies as well, including disputes over whether Hipparchus was indeed the father of trigonometry, whether Indian trigonometry is original or derived from the Greeks, and the extent to which Western science is indebted to Islamic trigonometry and astronomy. The book also features extended excerpts of translations of original texts, and detailed yet accessible explanations of the mathematics in them. No other book on trigonometry offers the historical breadth, analytical depth, and coverage of non-Western mathematics that readers will find in The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth.
Download or read book Eminent Orientalists written by Anon and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 1991 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers Eminent Personalities Such As Max Muller, William Jones, Ralph T Griffiths, Macdonell,Dr Bhandarkar, Buhler, Monier Williams Vincent Smith And Many More.
Download or read book Astronomy of the Ancients written by Kenneth Brecher and published by Mit Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the methods, instruments, and observations of the ancient astronomers, noting their significance to modern science and the importance of such findings as Stonehenge and American Indian petroglyphs
Download or read book Is Science Western in Origin written by C. K. Raju and published by C. K. Raju. This book was released on 2009-09-11 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On stock Western history, science originated among the Greeks, and then developed in post-renaissance Europe. This story was fabricated in three phases. First, during the Crusades, scientific knowledge from across the world, in captured Arabic books, was given a theologically-correct origin by claiming it was all transmitted from the Greeks. The key cases of Euclid (geometry) and Claudius Ptolemy (astronomy)— both concocted figures — are used to illustrate this process. Second, during the Inquisition, world scientific knowledge was again assigned a theologically-correct origin by claiming it was not transmitted from others, but was “independently rediscovered” by Europeans. The cases of Copernicus and Newton (calculus) illustrate this process of “revolution by rediscovery”. Third, the appropriated knowledge was reinterpreted and aligned to post-Crusade theology. Colonial and racist historians exploited this, arguing that the (theologically) “correct” version of scientific knowledge (geometry, calculus, etc.) existed only in Europe. These processes of appropriation continue to this day.
Download or read book Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit Series A Vol 1 2 written by David Pingree and published by American Philosophical Society. This book was released on 1970 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Treasures of Ancient Indian Astronomy written by K. D. Abhyankar and published by South Asia Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book Arises Out Of A Seminar Held In 1987 At Birla Planetarium Hyderabad On Ancient Indian Astronomy. Divided In 5 Sections-Vedic Astronomy, Astronomy Of Vedanga Jyotisa, Siddhantic And Calendaric Astronomy, Puranic Astronomy, Miscellaneous Aspects Of Indian Astronomy. 14 Papers In All.Without Dustjacket.
Download or read book ECLIPSES IN INDIAN ASTRONOMY written by Dr. S.Balachandra Rao & Dr Padmaja Venugopal and published by . This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Deciphered Indus Script written by N. Jha and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume is devoted to the study of the Indus script and its decipherment. It offers a methodology for reading the Indus script by combining paleography with ancient literary accounts and Vedic grammar.These illustrate the methodology and also help shed new light on the Harappans and their connections with the Vedic Civilization.The language of the seals is Vedic Sanskrit,with a significant number of them containing words and phrases traceable to the ancient Vedic glossary Nigha, compiled from still earlier sources by Yaska.
Download or read book M Visvesvaraya Engineer Nation Builder written by Dilip M. Salwi and published by books catalog. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the life and achievements of Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, 1861-1962, Indian engineer and statesman.
Download or read book Mapping Invisible Worlds written by Traditional Cosmology Society and published by Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From Deferent to Equant written by David A. King and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Aryan Problem a Linguistic Approach written by Satya Swarup Misra and published by Munshiram Manoharlal. This book was released on 1992 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: The Aryan Problem-a Linguistic Approach presents fresh linguistic evidence to solve several complications of the issue. Archaeological evidence is also presented side by side when it has been considered to be complimentary to the linguistic evidence. The Aryan problem is attacked chiefly with a revolutionary reassessment of the date of Rigveda on the basis of fresh linguistic evidence assisted by the Archaeological evidence. The date of Rigveda has been proved to be beyond 5000 BC. The revised date of Rigveda solves several other problems; for example the Indus civilization naturally comes late than the Vedic civilization. Since fresh Archaeological evidence proves Indus civilization to be Aryan; but according to the revised date of Rigveda, the Indus civilization indicates the Puranic stage or a later stage. The original home of Indo-European has also been reconsidered and it has been shown that it was possible for the Aryans to go to other parts of Indo-European area from India. The evidence of the migration of the Gypsies gives a clue to the change of Proto Indo-European a to a, e, o in several Indo-European languages and to migrations from India in ancient days. A probable common origin of Indo-European and Dravidian has also been attempted. The work presents evidence of horse for Aryan migration from India to outside. Besides evidence of cotton, iron etc. have also been utilized for fixation of the date of Rigveda. Thus the work presents sufficient evidence for a reconsideration of several vital problems of Aryan migration.
