Sawai Jai Singh and His Astronomy (Record no. 46413)

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fixed length control field 01391 a2200157 4500
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9788120812567
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 522.1954 SHA
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Sharma, Virendra Nath
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Sawai Jai Singh and His Astronomy
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Motilal Banarsidass Publishers
Place of publication, distribution, etc New Delhi
Date of publication, distribution, etc 1995
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 347
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Sawai Jai Singh, the statesman astronomer of 18th century India, made a great deal of effort to rejuvenate astronomy in India. Towards his ambitious goal, he designed astro-nomical instruments, built observato-ries, prepared a Zij or a text for astronomical calculations, and sent a fact-finding scientific mission to Europe. His high precision instruments were designed to measure time and angles to the very limit of naked eye observations. At his observatories, Hindu pundits, Muslim nujuumis, and European Jesuits worked side by side. Jai Singh spent enormous sums of money on his scientific pursuits and yet he failed to revive astronomy in India. Sawai Jai Singh and His Astronomy critically examines different facets of Sawai Jai Singhês astronomical program and attempts to answer questions, such as, why he opted for naked eye masonry instruments when telescope had become common with European astronomers, and why he failed to rejuvenate the science of astronomy in the country.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Astronomical observatories
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Hindu astronomy
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Koha item type Book
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