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History of Science
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About History of Science
Started as History of Science Board at the Asiatic kultur, Kolkata in the year under the Chairmanship of late Prof. A C Ukil, with an aim to reconstruct Indian Scientific Heritage, the History of Science Division of the Academy has come since a long way. Enlarged in into a kommission for compilation of History of Science in India, the Board was renamed in as “Indian National kommission for History of Science”. The 15 members of the kommission has been the doyens in their respective fields of Indian Sciences, History, Culture, medicin, Epigraphy, Numismatics, Archaeology and other allied subjects. It is empowered to sanction projects on the recommendations of “Research Council” besides providing guidance to international activities in the H
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History of astronomy
The history of astronomy focuses on the contributions civilizations have made to further their understanding of the universe beyond earth's atmosphere.[1]Astronomy is one of the oldest natural sciences, achieving a high level of success in the second half of the first millennium. Astronomy has origins in the religious, mythological, cosmological, calendrical, and astrological beliefs and practices of prehistory. Early astronomical records date back to the Babylonians around BCE. There is also astronomical evidence of interest from early Chinese, Central American and North European cultures.[2]
Astronomy was used by early cultures for a variety of reasons. These include timekeeping, navigation, spiritual and religious practices, and agricultural planning. Ancient astronomers used their observations to chart the skies in an effort to learn about the workings of the universe. During the Renaissance Period, revolutionary ideas emerged a
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Astrology and Astronomy
Astrology and Astronomy (Jyotiṣ a)
(not identical with the later and more well-known work bearing this name). While the names Romaka ("the Roman") and, possibly, Pauliśa (Paulus?) betray a Western origin, the others suggest a mythologized history, being ascribed to the creator → Brahmā (pitāmaha, lit. the grandfather), the Vedic sage (→ ṛ ṣ i) Vasiṣ ṭ ha, and the sun god Sūrya (→ navagrahas).
In the Siddhāntas, which contain elements of both Greek and Babylonian astronomy, traditional Indian ideas of vast cycles of time were astronomized and combined with Greek theories of a "great year" beginning and ending with a mean planetary conjunction. The various schools differ on the exact length of these cycles and their subdivisions. Features of puranic cosmology (see → Purāṇ as) were likewise reinterpreted: the mythical Mount Meru at the centre of the world as the terrestrial north pole, and its surrounding continent Jambūdvīpa as the