Further Adventures of the Celestial Sleuth: Using Astronomy to Solve More Mysteries in Art, History, and Literature Donald W. Olson Author - neues Buch

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Autor/in: Donald W. Olson
Titel: Springer Praxis Books; Popular Astronomy; Further Adventures of the Celestial Sleuth - Using Astronomy to Solve More Mysteries in Art, History, and Literature
Verlag: Springer; Springer International Publishing
334 Seiten
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018-01-31
Cham; CH
Sprache: Englisch
53,49 € (DE)
55,00 € (AT)
59,00 CHF (CH)
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XIV, 334 p. 179 illus., 137 illus. in color.

EA; E107; eBook; Nonbooks, PBS / Physik, Astronomie/Astronomie; Astronomie, Raum und Zeit; Verstehen; Caspar David Friedrich and moon; Claude Monet and the night sky; Edouard Manet and night sky; Canaletto night time views in Venice; Ansel Adams and astronomy; Astronomy in history; Astronomy in art; Astronomical forensics; B; Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques; Fine Art; Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy; Eighteenth-Century Literature; Nineteenth-Century Literature; Physics and Astronomy; Astronomische Beobachtung: Observatorien, Ausrüstungen und Methoden; Kunstformen; Wissenschaftsphilosophie und -theorie; Physik; Literaturwissenschaft: 1600 bis 1800; Literaturwissenschaft: 1800 bis 1900; 18. Jahrhundert (ca. 1700 bis ca. 1799); BC

From the author of "Celestial Sleuth" (2014), yet more mysteries in art, history, and literature are solved by calculating phases of the Moon, determining the positions of the planets and stars, and identifying celestial objects in paintings. In addition to helping to crack difficult cases, these studies spark our imagination and provide a better understanding of the skies. Weather archives, vintage maps, tides, historical letters and diaries, military records and the assistance of experts in related fields help with this work.

For each historical event influenced by astronomy, there is a different kind of mystery to be solved. How did the changing tides affect an army's battle plans? How did the phases of the moon affect how an artist painted a landscape? Follow these exciting investigations with a master “celestial sleuth” as he tracks down the truth and helps unravel mysteries as far back as the Middle Ages and as recent as the iconic 1945 photograph of a kiss inTimes Square on VJ Day. Topics or "cases" pursued were chosen for their wide public recognition and intrigue and involve artists such as Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet; historical events such as the campaigns of Braveheart in Scotland and battles in World War II and the Korean War; and literary authors such as Chaucer, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Byron, and Edgar Allan Poe.

Preface.- Foreword.- Acknowledgements.- Part I: Astronomy in Art.- Chapter 1: Monet in London, J. M. W. Turner, and Ford Madox Brown.- Chapter 2: Monet in Étretat, Édouard Manet, and Vincent van Gogh.- Chapter 3: Caspar David Friedrich, Canaletto, and Edvard Munch.- Chapter 4: Monet in Le Havre: Origins of Impressionism.- Chapter 5: VJ Day Times Square Kiss, and Ansel Adams in Alaska.- Part II: Astronomy in History.- Chapter 6: Braveheart and the Battle of Stirling Bridge, the Discovery of the Ring Nebula, and the 1913 Great Meteor Procession.- Chapter 7: World War II and the Korean War.- Part III: Astronomy in Literature.- Chapter 8: Literary Skies Before 1800.- Chapter 9: Literary Skies After 1800.- Part IV: The Terrestrial Sleuth.- Chapter 10: J.M.W. Turner and the Great Western Railway, and John Everett Millais and an Ancient Oak.- Index.

“The book reads much like a Sherlock Holmes case file. Donald W. Olson describes how he and his team from Texas State examined paintings, battles, photographs, and literature through an astronomical lens, to locate, re(examine) and challenge their understandings of the works … . For the higher education educator, I feel the book gives enough information to provide a roadmap of the kinds of information and tools one would need to endeavor on a similar quest.” (Tasha Richardson, Physics in Canada, October 01, 2019)

“I thoroughly enjoyed this book as much as i enjoyed the original celestial sleuth, partly because some of my own work involves answering astronomical queries posed by other scientists, historians, and the general public.it is very satisfying to be able to use your knowledge of astronomy and physics to help people answer their questions and gain an understanding of their problem.” (Steve Bell, The Observatory, Vol. 139 (1268), February, 2019)

From the author of "Celestial Sleuth" (2014), yet more mysteries in art, history, and literature are solved by calculating phases of the Moon, determining the positions of the planets and stars, and identifying celestial objects in paintings. In addition to helping to crack difficult cases, these studies spark our imagination and provide a better understanding of the skies. Weather archives, vintage maps, tides, historical letters and diaries, military records and the assistance of experts in related fields help with this work.

For each historical event influenced by astronomy, there is a different kind of mystery to be solved. How did the changing tides affect an army's battle plans? How did the phases of the moon affect how an artist painted a landscape? Follow these exciting investigations with a master “celestial sleuth” as he tracks down the truth and helps unravel mysteries as far back as the Middle Ages and as recent as the iconic 1945 photograph of a kiss inTimes Square on VJ Day. Topics or "cases" pursued were chosen for their wide public recognition and intrigue and involve artists such as Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet; historical events such as the campaigns of Braveheart in Scotland, battles in World War II and the Korean War; and literary authors such as Chaucer, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Byron, and Edgar Allan Poe.