古代日食视差理论研究的新进展——评唐泉著《日食与视差》

摘要

On the basis of detailed analysis to the original works and previous studies,the book Solar Eclipse and Parallax by Dr.Tang Quan not only combs out the development clue of parallax theory in Greece,Indian,Arabic and China,but also compares the differences and commonality between ancient Chinese parallax theory and that of other civilizations,and thus draws a picture of the development of parallax theory in those main civilizations.The book Solar Eclipse and Parallax lays emphasis on original works,and solves some difficult problems of parallax theory with mathematics models.Because of the higher scholarship value,Solar Eclipse and Parallax is a book worthy of recommendation.%唐泉博士新著《日食与视差》一书,在借鉴和吸收前人研究成果的基础上,通过对原始文献的细致解读,不仅系统地梳理了古代希腊、印度、阿拉伯和中国等文明视差理论发展的线索,而且通过比较分析,阐明了不同文明视差理论的异同,从而较为清晰地描绘了一幅视差理论在各主要文明国家起源与发展的历史全景图。该书从原始文献出发,注重数学模型的构建,解决了传统视差理论中的一些疑难问题,具有较高的学术价值,是一本值得推荐的科学史著作。