A. Panaino, E. Bacchi, S. Buscherini, P. Ognibene (edited by), Indo-Iranica et Orientalia, Series Lazur, Vol. XIII, , Jul 2014
The present volume collects a series of studies presented to Salvatore (Salvo) De Meis — one of t... more The present volume collects a series of studies presented to Salvatore (Salvo) De Meis — one of the leading specialists in the field of History of Astronomy and Astronomical Computation — as an homage in his honour by an international group of distinguished scholars. The single articles deal with various intriguing subjects covering a very long period, practically from the earliest documents of ancient Astronomy and Astrology to modern sciences. Many of these contributions have been dedicated, in particular, to the history of special aspects of Mesopotamian (Simo Parpola, Hermann Hunger, Gebhard J. Selz, Peter J. Huber), Iranian (Antonio Panaino, Paolo Delaini, Stefano Buscherini), Classical and Arabic (Giuseppe Bezza, Eleonora Bacchi) astral and calendrical traditions, or to the ethno- and archaeo-astronomy (Fabrizio Bònoli), as well as to the description of the heaven according to the Ossetic linguistic heritage (Paolo Ognibene); other essays shed new light on a number of problems of modern and contemporary Positional Astronomy, such as the Sun's eclipses and the Lunar Tables (Michelle Chapront-Touzé), or the approaches of asteroids to Jupiter (Jean Meeus). This volume includes not only a presentation of the scholarly activity performed by Salvo De Meis, but also a selected bibliography of his published studies.
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