James Evans

Publications68
h-index15
Citations756
Highly Influential Citations31
Claim Author Page
Author pages are created from data sourced from our academic publisher partnerships and public sources.

Recommended Authors

  • Alexander Jones
  • 92 Publications • 700 Citations
  • Y. Bitsakis
  • 8 Publications • 372 Citations
  • J. Steele
  • 304 Publications • 5,201 Citations
  • C. Carman
  • 34 Publications • 195 Citations
  • Publications
  • Influence
The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy
Preface 1. The Birth of Astronomy 2. The Celestial Spheres 3. Some Applications of Spherics 5. Solar Theory and Time Reckoning 6. The Fixed Stars 7. Planetary Theory Bibliography Appendix: Patterns… Expand
Physics, the Human Adventure: From Copernicus to Einstein and Beyond
This work is the third edition of the classic text "Introduction to Concepts and Theories in Physical Science". It has been reworked to further clarify the physics concepts and to incorporate… Expand
Mechanical Astronomy: A Route to the Ancient Discovery of Epicycles and Eccentrics
The ancient Greek art of spbairopoiia was devoted to the building of models of the universe such as celestial globes and annillary spheres. But it also included the construction of geared mechanisms… Expand
Conceptions Of Cosmos: From Myths To The Accelerating Universe: A History Of Cosmology
The Mathematics Of The Heavens And The Earth: The Early History Of Trigonometry
The Material Culture of Greek Astronomy
Ce document reprend en detail, a l'aide de supports photographiques et d'esquisses, les differents instruments mis au point par les Grecs qui leur permettaient d'effectuer leurs calculs en astronomie… Expand
The Two Earths of Eratosthenes
TLDR
This essay shows that Eratosthenes’ result of 252,000 stades for the Earth’s circumference follows from a solar distance that is attributed to him, indicating not only a lower limit for the size of the Earth, but also an upper limit, based on the assumption that the Sun is at a finite distance. Expand
On the function and the probable origin of Ptolemy's equant
We examine the roles of the equant point and the eccentric deferent circle in Ptolemy’s planetary theory. The necessity of these features of the model is demonstrated empirically by a study of the… Expand
Book Review: A Greek Textbook of Astronomy: Cleomedes' Lectures on Astronomy: A Translation of the Heavens
The optical–mechanical analogy in general relativity: New methods for the paths of light and of the planets
The optical–mechanical analogy involves the expression of geometrical optics and particle mechanics in the same mathematical language. In this paper, an especially simple version of the… Expand
...
1
2
3
4
5
...