Sites of Prehistoric Bodmin Moor
Sites of Prehistoric Bodmin Moor (24th October)
Uranus and Neptune (Out 30th November)
A comprehensive, accessible, and stunningly illustrated introduction to these far-off worlds.
The most distant planets in our solar system, Uranus and Neptune were unknown by the ancients—Uranus was discovered in the 1780s and Neptune only in the 1840s. Our discovery and observation of both planets have been hampered by their sheer distance from Earth: there has only been one close encounter, Voyager 2 in the late 1980s. The Voyager mission revealed many enticing details about the planets and their moons but also left many more questions unanswered. This book is an informative and accessible introduction to Uranus, Neptune, and their moons. It takes readers on a journey from discovery to the most recent observations made from space- and ground-based telescopes, and it will appeal to amateur and professional astronomers alike.
Neptune: From Grand Discovery to a World Revealed: Essays on the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of John Couch Adams
by William Sheehan (Editor), Robert Smith (Editor), Trudy E. Bell (Editor), Carolyn Kennett (Editor)
The 1846 discovery of Neptune is one of the most remarkable stories in the history of science and astronomy. John Couch Adams and U.J. Le Verrier both investigated anomalies in the motion of Uranus and independently predicted the existence and location of this new planet. However, interpretations of the events surrounding this discovery have long been mired in controversy. Who first predicted the new planet? Was the discovery just a lucky fluke? The ensuing storm engaged astronomers across Europe and the United States. Written by an international group of authors, this pathbreaking volume explores in unprecedented depth the contentious history of Neptune’s discovery, drawing on newly discovered documents and re-examining the historical record. In so doing, we gain new understanding of the actions of key individuals and sharper insights into the pressures acting on them. The discovery of Neptune was a captivating mathematical moment and was widely regarded at the time as the greatest triumph of Newton’s theory of universal gravitation. The book therefore begins with Newton’s development of his ideas of gravity. It examines too the mathematical calculations related to the discovery of Neptune, using new theories and tools provided by advances in celestial mechanics over the past twenty years. Through this process, the book analyzes why the mathematical approach that proved so potent in the discovery of Neptune, grand as it was, could not help produce similar discoveries despite several valiant attempts. In the final chapters, we see how the discovery of Neptune marked the end of one quest―to explain the wayward motions of Uranus―and the beginning of another quest to fill in the map and understand the nature of the outer Solar System, whose icy precincts Neptune, as the outermost of the giant planets, bounds.
Watching the Sun – Booklet
Watching the Sun booklet has been made possible by Mayes Creative.
It is an exciting collaborating with Meyn Mamvro bringing you a collection of articles from their 30-year back catalogue.
Updated and edited by Cheryl Straffon and Carolyn Kennett these articles focus on the relationship between the Sun and ancient communities here in west Cornwall and beyond. Contributors include Robin Heath, Ian Cooke, Calum MacIntosh, Caeia March, Lana Jarvis, Cheryl Straffon and Carolyn Kennett.
This free PDF download has been made possible due to our wonderful funders, the Heritage Lottery Fund, Arts Council and Feast. It is being released as part of our Watching the Sun project and we are hoping to have a talk and physical booklet launch later this year, so watch this space!
A print copy will be available for a small fee to cover printing and postage cost from Meyn Mamvro https://www.meynmamvro.co.uk/
Celestial Stone Circles of West Cornwall
If you would like to learn more about Stone Circles in West Cornwall and how they relate to the night sky, then you may be interested in reading this book. This book considers four remains stone circle sites in turn, these are The Merry Maidens, Boskednan, Boscawen-un and Tregeseal.
After considering how these sites have been linked to astronomy through history, a modern survey is undertaken to consider if these Bronze Age sites relate to the night sky. The resulting finds outlined in the book are both intriguing and exciting and go some way to unpicking the astronomical secrets at the sites.
Paperback £9.99
Ebook £5.99
This book is now for sale on Amazon ISBN 9781973529125
Archaeoastronomy Cornwall 