Astronomy in medieval Prague
Betwixt Jesuit and Enlightenment Historiography: Jean-Sylvain Bailly’s History of Indian Astronomy
The crystallization of scientific disciplines in late eighteenth-century Europe was accompanied by the proliferation of specialist histories of science. These histories were framed as much by the imperatives of the astronomy of the times as they were by the compulsions of disciplinary differentiation. This paper attempts to contextualise the engagement with the astronomy of India in the histories of astronomy authored in the eighteenth century by the astronomer Jean-Sylvain Bailly. While Bailly’s...
Franz Ignaz Cassian Hallaschka and his book "Elementa Eclipsium"
History of astroparticle physics and its component.
Le verrier et son œuvre
Magic and Mathematics at the Court of Rudolph II.
Planetní hodiny pražského orloje a trisekce úhlu
Quasi periodic motions from Hipparchus to Kolmogorov
The evolution of the conception of motion as composed by circular uniform motions is analyzed, stressing its continuity from antiquity to our days.
Šířka Luny v klínopisné tabulce Kidinnu-ově
Special Functions and Pathways for Problems in Astrophysics: An Essay in Honor of A.M. Mathai
The paper provides a review of A.M. Mathai's applications of the theory of special functions, particularly generalized hypergeometric functions, to problems in stellar physics and formation of structure in the Universe and to questions related to reaction, diffusion, and reaction-diffusion models. The essay also highlights Mathai's recent work on entropic, distributional, and differential pathways to basic concepts in statistical mechanics, making use of his earlier research results in information...