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111Astronomical chronology and prophecy: Jean-Dominique Cassini's discovery of josephus's great lunisolar period of the patriarchsJournal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 53 (1): 1-13. 1990.
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54On Professor Westman's Reply to Copernicus and Astrology, with an Appendix of Translations of Additional Primary SourcesPerspectives on Science 21 (3): 384-385. 2013.Professor Westman’s reply need be considered only briefly. When I received for review The Copernican Question, Prognostication, Skepticism, and Celestial Order, with its superlative commendations, I believed I had in my hands a book of surpassing erudition, the culmination of more than forty years of study by one of the world’s greatest experts on Copernicus and the astronomy and astrology of the Renaissance and early modern period. Imagine my surprise as I read this vast tome and discovered tha…Read more
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53Copernicus and Astrology, with an Appendix1of Translations of Primary SourcesPerspectives on Science 20 (3): 353-378. 2012.
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43Dopamine, schizophrenia, mania, and depression: Toward a unified hypothesis of cortico-striatopallido-thalamic functionBehavioral and Brain Sciences 10 (2): 197-208. 1987.
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38Calendar dates and ominous days in ancient historiographyJournal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 51 (1): 14-42. 1988.
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33The Lunar Theories of Tycho Brahe and Christian Longomontanus in the Progymnasmata and Astronomia DanicaAnnals of Science 66 (1): 5-58. 2009.Summary Tycho Brahe's lunar theory, mostly the work of his assistant Christian Longomontanus, published in the Progymnasmata (1602), was the most advanced and accurate lunar theory yet developed. Its principal innovations are: the introduction of equant motion for the first inequality in order to separate the determination of direction and distance; a more accurate limit for the second inequality although requiring a more complex calculation; additional inequalities of the variation and, in plac…Read more
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30Technical Chronology and Astrological History in Varro, Censorinus and OthersClassical Quarterly 35 (02): 454-. 1985.Technical chronology establishes the structure of calendars and the dates of events; it is, as it were, the foundation of history, particularly ancient history. The chronologer must know enough philology to interpret texts and enough astronomy to compute the dates of celestial phenomena, above all eclipses, which alone provide absolute dates. Joseph Scaliger, so we are told, was the first to master and apply this range of technical skills: Of the mathematical principles on which the calculation …Read more
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27Greek Chronography in Roman Epic: The Calendrical Date of the Fall of Troy in the AeneidClassical Quarterly 36 (01): 212-. 1986.The last chapter of Politian's first Miscellanea dealt with the amica silentia lunae through which the Greeks sailed back to Troy . He argued that the phrase should not be taken literally, as a statement that Troy fell at the new moon, but in an extended sense, as a poetic indication that the moon had not yet risen when the Greeks set sail. This reading had one merit: it explained how Virgil's moon could be silent while the Greeks were en route but shine during the battle for the city . Yet Poli…Read more
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25Neuropsychology of schizophrenia: The “hole” thing is wrongBehavioral and Brain Sciences 14 (1): 51-53. 1991.
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22Toward a unified hypothesis of cortico-striato-pallido-thalamus function?Behavioral and Brain Sciences 13 (1): 172-177. 1990.
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20Essay Review: Ptolemy's Geography, An Annotated Translation of the Theoretical Chapters by J. Lennart Berggren and Alexander JonesAnnals of Science 60 (3): 313-320. 2003.
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18Ancient Astronomy and Celestial DivinationJournal of the American Oriental Society 121 (4): 687. 2001.
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18Astronomy The Astronomical Tables of Levi ben Gerson. By Bernard R. Goldstein. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, xlv . Archon Books: Hamden, Connecticut, 1974. Pp. 285. $15.00 (review)British Journal for the History of Science 9 (3): 324-325. 1976.
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18Tycho Brahe's Early Lunar Theory and the Lunar Eclipse of 31 January 1599Centaurus 46 (1): 1-40. 2004.
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17Theoricae novae planetarum Georgii Peurbachii dans l’histoire de l’astronomie: Essay Review of Michela Malpangotto, Sources, edition critique, avec traduction française, commentaire technique, diffussion du XVe au XVIIe Siècle. Paris: CNRS Éditions, 2020. 751pp. 65.00 €. ISBN-10: 2271134587, ISBN-13: 978-2271134585 (review)Annals of Science 78 (3): 387-392. 2021.
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17Thomas Hockey . The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. 2 volumes. xlv + 1,341 pp., illus., bibl., indexes. New York: Springer, 2007. $499 (review)Isis 101 (1): 197-198. 2010.
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16Greek Chronography in Roman Epic: The Calendrical Date of the Fall of Troy in the AeneidClassical Quarterly 36 (1): 212-218. 1986.The last chapter of Politian's first Miscellanea dealt with the amica silentia lunae through which the Greeks sailed back to Troy. He argued that the phrase should not be taken literally, as a statement that Troy fell at the new moon, but in an extended sense, as a poetic indication that the moon had not yet risen when the Greeks set sail. This reading had one merit: it explained how Virgil's moon could be silent while the Greeks were en route but shine during the battle for the city. Yet Politi…Read more
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15Technical Chronology and Astrological History in Varro, Censorinus and OthersClassical Quarterly 35 (2): 454-465. 1985.Technical chronology establishes the structure of calendars and the dates of events; it is, as it were, the foundation of history, particularly ancient history. The chronologer must know enough philology to interpret texts and enough astronomy to compute the dates of celestial phenomena, above all eclipses, which alone provide absolute dates. Joseph Scaliger, so we are told, was the first to master and apply this range of technical skills: Of the mathematical principles on which the calculation …Read more
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15Toward a unified neuropsychiatric hypothesisBehavioral and Brain Sciences 10 (2): 226-245. 1987.
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14Montucla's Legacy: The History of the Exact SciencesJournal of the History of Ideas 54 (2): 299-328. 1993.
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14Narratio prima by Georg Joachim Rheticus; Henri Hugonnard-Roche; Jean-Pierre Verdet; Michel-Pierre Lerner; Alain Segonds (review)Isis 75 736-737. 1984.
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14Optical ProfusionThe Optical Papers of Isaac Newton. Volume 1: The Optical Lectures, 1670-1672Isaac Newton Alan E. Shapiro (review)Isis 77 (1): 136-140. 1986.
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12Annals of Scientific Publishing: Johannes Petreius's Letter to RheticusIsis 83 (2): 270-274. 1992.
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12Acronychal Risings in Babylonian Planetary TheoryArchive for History of Exact Sciences 54 (1): 49-65. 1999.
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12Feature ReviewsThe Norton History of Astronomy and Cosmology. John NorthIsis 88 (2): 316-317. 1997.
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