Picturing the moon: Hevelius’s and Riccioli’s visual debate

This article investigates the maps of the moon produced in the mid-seventeenth century by Jesuit Giambattista Riccioli (1598-1671) and Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687), whose cartographic projects competed for widespread acceptance. Although Hevelius’s Selenographia (1647) was applauded for its many detailed, self-engraved pictures of the moon, his cartography and proposed nomenclature were supplanted by Riccioli’s as offered in Almagestum novum (1651), in spite of the latter’s simplistic pictures and promotion of geocentric cosmology. Exploring this paradox through pictorial analysis, three types of images common to both Selenographia and Almagestum novum are compared, employing an analytical tool developed by Svetlana Alpers in The art of describing (1983). A focus on this debate exposes the tensions evoked by new technologies of vision and competing cultures of visual epistemology in seventeenth-century astronomy. As both selenographers grappled with questions about the role of representation and what kinds of knowledge could be generated visually, the successes and failures of their competing projects present implications for the course of visual astronomy, as well as for our understanding of the use of ‘visual technologies’ in a period of controversy.     

Electrochemical Preparation of WO_3 Nanowire Arrays

1 Results Ordered WO3 nanowires arrays have been fabricated by electrochemical deposition with anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) templates and annealing the W nanowire arrays in air at 400 ℃. The morphology and the chemical composition of WO3 nanowires arrays were characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM),Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The results show that the diameters of the WO3 nanowires are about 90 nm, which is in go...     

The Development of Materials for the Production of Hydrogen from Bio-ethanol

1 Results There is an increased interest in the hydrogen production from renewable sources. In this context, recently, numerous studies which use ethanol for hydrogen production have appeared. Ethanol is easily handled, non-toxic, and it can be obtained from biomass. The steam-reforming of bioethanol has been shown to beeffective for hydrogen production:C2H5OH 3 H2O  6 H2 2 CO2. Six moles of hydrogen can be yielded for each mole of ethanol reacted. However, depending on the catalyst used, other und...     

核磁共振成像用磁体的计算机辅助设计

核磁共振成像用的磁体要求在一定的磁场强度下保持大范围的均匀度。本文给出球形空芯磁体和环形空芯磁体的计算机辅助设计方法。     

论司马迁的商品经济创新思想

商品经济是否发达是某一历史时期社会发展的一个主要表现。但是,西汉时期,在前代统治者奉行“重农抑商”政策的情况下,在汉武帝独尊儒术强化思想统治的时候,司马迁能够首创经济史传,第一个系统的考察商品经济的发展及其特征,提出了一整套发展生产、扩大商品交换、富国富家的经济理论,总结了商人在商品经济中的作用以及经营管理之道,不仅使西汉走向了繁荣,而且达到了划时代的最高水平。司马迁的商品经济创新思想能发表在那样的时期,他的胆略和精神是难能可贵的,是值得我们认真清理的一笔财富。     

DEA-based anti-HIV immunotherapy model

Acquiredimmunitydeficiencysyndrome(AIDS)isoneofthemostfataldiseasesthathasspreadacrossthewholeworldsinceitfirstoccurred.Itiscausedbythehumanimmunodeficiencyvirus(HIV)[1].Mostofthechemotherapiesareaimedatkillingorhaltingthepathogen,butanewtreatmentistoreduceviralpopulationandimprovetheimmuneresponse.Thistreatmentcanboosttheimmunesystemandservetohelpthebodyfightinfectiononitsown,soitiscalledantiHIVimmunotherapy[2,3].TheaimofthisworkistofindefficientstrategiesforsuchtreatmentsusingtheDataEnv…     

谈谈多媒体英语教学

文章介绍综合利用软件，创造良好的多媒体英语教学环境的方法和多媒体在英语课堂上的使用，以及多媒体英语教学需要注意的问题。     

2,3-二溴甲基-5,6-二氰基吡嗪的合成新方法

以2,3-二甲基-5,6-二氰基吡嗪为原料,在AIBN的引发下,用NBS进行自由基溴化反应,合成了标题产物,其结构经熔点,MS,1HNMR,UV等予以确证,从而为该物质的合成探索了一条新途径.     

数列{N(u,v)=2uv+u+v}的若干性质

本文得出了数列{N（u,v)=2uv u v}的一些性质，并提出了关于素数的一个猜想。     

籽瓜植株(地上部)的生长发育规律

对内蒙古地区有代表性的四个籽瓜品种植株(地上部)的生长发育进行了研究．结果表明：内蒙古籽瓜的全生育期为92-101d，籽瓜植株的生长发育可分为发芽期、幼苗期、伸蔓期和结果期，结果期分为前期(开花座果期)、中期(果实膨大期)、后期(种子成熟期)．发芽期、幼苗期以叶为生长中心，伸蔓期、结果前期以茎为生长中心，进入结果中期以果实为生长中心不同生育分期长短的差异主要表现在结果中期的差异上．