An investigation of some contemporary problems in astronomy and astrophysics by way of early astronomical records

Early astronomical records of comets, supernovae, novae, sunspots and aurorae from Far Eastern dynastic histories together with records from Babylonians cuneiform tablets are compiled and analysed. The present investigation gives new insight into the three following topics in current astronomy and a...

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Main Author: Yau, Kevin Kam Ching
Published: Durham University 1988
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.380938