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Many mysteries in art, history, and literature can be solved using "celestial sleuthing," including calculating phases of the Moon, determining the positions of the planets and stars, and identifying celestial objects in paintings. In addition to helping to crack difficult cases, such studies spark our imagination and provide a better understanding of the skies. This book shows how weather archives, vintage maps, historical letters and diaries, military records, and site visits aid the work.
For each artwork, historical event, or literary passage influenced by astronomy, there is a different kind of mystery to be solved. For example, how can the position of the Sun and Moon determine the date and time of famous paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Caspar David Friedrich? How can astronomy determine a precise date for a work by Wassily Kandinsky, a painter best-known for abstract works with geometrical shapes and dramatic colors? What important battle of ancient history caused a design change with a crescent Moon added to the silver tetradrachms of Athens? In what season did Sappho write her iconic work, "The Midnight Poem"? Did observers actually report five Moons simultaneously in the sky during the time of King John, as recorded in lines from Shakespeare's play?
Follow these exciting investigations with Donald Olson, a master "Celestial Sleuth," as he tracks down the truth and helps unravel mysteries as far back as ancient history and as recent as World War II.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
許多藝術、歷史和文學中的謎團可以透過「天文偵探」來解決，包括計算月相、確定行星和恆星的位置，以及識別畫作中的天體。除了幫助破解困難的案件外，這類研究也激發了我們的想像力，並提供了對天空更深入的理解。本書展示了氣象檔案、古老地圖、歷史信件和日記、軍事紀錄以及實地考察如何協助這項工作。
對於每一件受天文影響的藝術作品、歷史事件或文學片段，都有不同類型的謎團需要解決。例如，如何透過太陽和月亮的位置來確定文森特·梵谷（Vincent van Gogh）和卡斯帕·大衛·弗里德里希（Caspar David Friedrich）著名畫作的日期和時間？天文學如何為瓦西里·康丁斯基（Wassily Kandinsky）的一件作品確定精確的日期？這位以幾何形狀和戲劇性色彩的抽象作品而聞名的畫家，其作品的日期又是如何確定的？古代歷史中哪場重要戰役導致雅典的銀四德拉克馬（tetradrachms）設計變更，並添加了新月？薩福（Sappho）在什麼季節寫下她的標誌性作品《午夜詩》（'The Midnight Poem'）？在約翰王（King John）時期，觀察者是否真的如莎士比亞劇作中的台詞所記錄的那樣，同時報告天空中出現五個月亮？
跟隨這些激動人心的調查，與天文偵探大衛·奧爾森（Donald Olson）一起，追尋真相，幫助解開從古代歷史到二戰的謎團。
作者簡介
Donald W. Olson is a Regents' Professor and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Physics at Texas State University. He received his B.S. (Physics) from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. (Physics) from the University of California at Berkeley, then went on to conduct post-doctoral research at Cornell University and the University of Texas at Austin.
At Texas State University, Olson taught an Honors College course linking science and the humanities, and the Texas State group has published more than 60 articles using astronomy to solve mysteries in art, history, and literature. In 2014 the American Association of Physics Teachers honored Olson with the Paul Klopsteg Award, which recognizes outstanding communication of the excitement of contemporary physics and astronomy to the general public. In 2015 Olson was named a Regents' Professor, the highest honor of the Texas State University system. His three previous Springer/Praxis books are Celestial Sleuth (2014), Further Adventures of the Celestial Sleuth (2018), and Investigating Art, History, and Literature with Astronomy (2022).
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
唐納德·W·奧爾森（Donald W. Olson）是德州州立大學（Texas State University）的校董教授（Regents' Professor）及榮譽退休教授（Distinguished Professor Emeritus）於物理學領域。他在密西根州立大學（Michigan State University）獲得物理學學士學位（B.S.），並在加州大學伯克利分校（University of California at Berkeley）獲得物理學博士學位（Ph.D.），隨後在康奈爾大學（Cornell University）和德州大學奧斯汀分校（University of Texas at Austin）進行博士後研究。
在德州州立大學，奧爾森教授了一門將科學與人文學科聯繫起來的榮譽學院課程，德州州立大學的團隊已發表超過60篇文章，利用天文學解決藝術、歷史和文學中的謎題。2014年，美國物理教師協會（American Association of Physics Teachers）授予奧爾森保羅·克洛普斯特獎（Paul Klopsteg Award），以表彰他在向公眾傳達當代物理學和天文學的興奮感方面的卓越溝通能力。2015年，奧爾森被任命為校董教授，這是德州州立大學系統的最高榮譽。他之前出版的三本Springer/Praxis書籍分別是《天體偵探》（Celestial Sleuth，2014年）、《天體偵探的進一步冒險》（Further Adventures of the Celestial Sleuth，2018年）和《利用天文學調查藝術、歷史和文學》（Investigating Art, History, and Literature with Astronomy，2022年）。
