Steven J Dick
Biographic Data
| ID | 241685 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven J Dick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven J |
| FAMILY NAME | Dick |
| SIGNATURE | DICK S J |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Washington University Virginia Campus |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7886-4544 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 51 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 51 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Italic>Parallel Lives of Astronomers
Cosmotheology and Process Theology
In this paper I engage with the arguments of Andrew Davis’s book Metaphysics of Exo-Life, which is a commentary on my previous work on cosmotheology. I applaud Davis’s critique and deepening of my work in the context of Whitehead’s process theology. I largely agree with his metaphysical deepening of the first three principles of my cosmotheology, dealing with the non-centrality of humanity in the universe and its metaphysical re-centering. But I …
Philosophy of Astrophysics
Italic>The Cosmic Microwave Background
Italic>Lunar
maintained an artificial glassworks.The latter gave rise to the Optical Institute, which Utzschneider and Fraunhofer managed.As head of the predecessor institution of the Technical University of Munich, Utzschneider played a key role in its expansion.From 1818 to 1823, he was the Mayor of Munich and a member of the Bavarian State Parliament.He died in Munich in 1840.The letters were written between 1805 and 1837.They are presented in chronologica…
Life and Language Beyond Earth, by Raymond Hickey
Another northern land, so remote it was thought to be beyond the North Wind, was Hyperborea.It was said the god Apollo visited there every 19 years.Bili's opinion is that " the myth of Apollo's voyage was actually structured on an analogy with the annual solar movement."(page 61).He regards it as an " unambiguous reference to the Metonic Cycle."(page 62).The tradition of this voyage originates in Greece's Archaic Period, and the author spends an …
Introduction to the David H. Devorkin Special Issue of Jahh
Italic>The World of Visual Time Signals for Mariners
Discovery and Classification as Problems in the Philosophy of Astronomy
In this paper we examine the mutual interactions of discovery and classification in astronomy, discuss the importance of a comprehensive classification system for all astronomical objects, and consider discovery and classification as problems in the new discipline of philosophy of astronomy. Five propositions encapsulate our conclusions, including the extended nature of discovery, the nature of pre-discovery and post-discovery classification, the…
Italic>Cosmology and Biology in Ancient Philosophy
Islamic Theology and Extraterrestrial Life
Tycho Brahe observed the New Star of 1572 (page 118) five days after its discovery on 6 November 1572.The line Ham.1.1.21suggests that the Ghost first appeared at that time too.Tycho Brahe died in 1601, so if the Ghost is a disembodied Tycho (page 110-111), there is much to explain. The term 'new astronomy' is used throughout in reference to the Copernican Revolution, but the term does not apply to Tycho's cosmic model (page 128 -129).Rather, the…
The Institutions of Extraterrestrial Liberty , edited by Charles S. Cockell
Italic>UFO
Italic>The Last Writings of Thomas S. Kuhn
Italic>A History of Near-Earth Objects Research , by Erik M. Conway, Donald K. Yeomans, and Meg Rosenburg
Italic>Sovereign Mars
Italic>Tunguska
Italic>Meeting the Alien
Education and Heritage in the Era of Big Data in Astronomy , edited by Rosa M. Ros, Beatriz Garcia, Steven R. Gullberg, Javier Moldin and Patricio Rijo
Italic>Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Reminiscences of an Eclectic Historian–astronomer
From astronomy to history of science, astrobiology to astrometry, New Zealand to NASA, the author has enjoyed an eclectic career. Although working for much of his career at the United States Naval Observatory at multiple tasks including classical astrometry, history, and public affairs, his major contributions have been to the history of astronomy, covering periods from the ancient Greeks to the present. He has written on institutional history an…
Italic>Isaac Newton and the Study of Chronology
Italic>Islam, Science Fiction, and Extraterrestrial Life
Italic>Advancing Cultural Astronomy
Although the scope of this volume falls mainly under what has traditionally been called archaeoastronomy, the term "cultural astronomy" in the title is meant to convey both a broader area of study and the fact that one of the guiding principles of archaeoastronomy these days is to place its work in cultural context
Italic>Expanding Worldviews
School and Peers
This paper uses data on 10th graders from 2014 Caring Communities Youth Survey to examine the effect of protective factors on delinquency/age of onset (never, 13 or younger, 14 or older) of two antisocial behaviors (carrying a handgun to school and attacking someone with the intent of seriously hurting them). Two domains of protective factors are used: school and peers. The most significant protective factor for both antisocial behaviors was reli…
The postbiological universe and our future in space
Interstellar humanity
Centralizing Navigational Technology in America
nations plying the high seas. Driven by diverse interests from commerce to defense, navigation was and continues to be a highly visible enterprise in which each nation also has at stake its scientific and technological pride. National observatories from Paris and Greenwich to St. Petersburg and Tokyo were founded in large part to improve navigation while hydrographic (and later oceanographic) offices played a more direct role; observational instr…
The Origins of the Extraterrestrial Life Debate and its Relation to the Scientific Revolution
The strong claims made in the seventeenth century for the existence of extraterrestrial life, the equally vociferous denials of this claim, and the ensuing controversy which continues unabated to the present day are of historical interest for many reasons. Not only does the debate involve a determination of the nature of the planets and their conditions for life-a planetary physics whose history has heretofore largely been ignored-it also clearly…
The Origins of the Extraterrestrial Life Debate and its Relation to the Scientific Revolution
The strong claims made in the seventeenth century for the existence of extraterrestrial life, the equally vociferous denials of this claim, and the ensuing controversy which continues unabated to the present day are of historical interest for many reasons. Not only does the debate involve a determination of the nature of the planets and their conditions for life-a planetary physics whose history has heretofore largely been ignored-it also clearly…
The Search for Life on Mars
Stages to Saturn
Planetary, Lunar, and Solar Positions
The Jodrell Bank Telescopes. Bernard Lovell
The Tucson Meteorites
The Extraterrestrial Life Debate, 1750-1900
Darkness at Night
Coon Mountain Controversies
History of the Royal Astronomical Society. Volume II
Dunsink Observatory, 1785-1985
Centralizing Navigational Technology in America
nations plying the high seas. Driven by diverse interests from commerce to defense, navigation was and continues to be a highly visible enterprise in which each nation also has at stake its scientific and technological pride. National observatories from Paris and Greenwich to St. Petersburg and Tokyo were founded in large part to improve navigation while hydrographic (and later oceanographic) offices played a more direct role; observational instr…
Centralizing Navigational Technology in America
Centralizing Navigational Technology in America: The U.S. Navy’s Depot of Charts and Instruments, 1830—1842 STEVEN J. DICK Since the rise of modern nation-states in the Renaissance, the im provement of oceanic navigation has been a central concern to those nations plying the high seas. Driven by diverse interests from commerce to defense, navigation was and continues to be a highly visible enterprise in which each nation also has at stake its sc…
Other Worlds
IIne of the most pervasive cultural influences of astronomy has been the idea that life forms, perhaps far superior to our own, may exist beyond the Earth. This idea may be tied to the gods and goddesses of ancient myth and to the spiritual/celestial beings of religion or it may be, as some have suggested, a manifestation of an emotional need for imaginary beings [1]. What is certain is that we live in a time when the search for extraterrestrial …
Ancient Astronomers . Anthony F. Aveni
To See the Unseen
Planetary Astronomy
Many Worlds
Interstellar humanity
Anthropology and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
The postbiological universe and our future in space
Discovery and Classification in Astronomy
A Theoretical Model for Preparing Incarcerated Youth for Careers in an Increasingly Technological World
Most youth in juvenile delinquent systems end up incarcerated due in part to poor decision-making skills. This study describes a theoretical framework undergirding the relationships across delinquency, learning climate, decision-making, and computational logic. This framework will inform a team of educators, criminologists, and psychologists, and their peers in computer science and mathematics, instructional software design, and content experts a…
Valerie Neal. Spaceflight in the Shuttle Era and Beyond
Seldom does history provide definitive periodization, but in terms of crewed orbital spaceflights, the space shuttle era lasted almost exactly three decades, from the first flight in April 1981 to the last in July 2011, altogether encompassing 135 missions, including two that ended disastrously. I witnessed the first orbital flight, and then several more as NASA chief historian, including the last Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, in May …
School and Peers
This paper uses data on 10th graders from 2014 Caring Communities Youth Survey to examine the effect of protective factors on delinquency/age of onset (never, 13 or younger, 14 or older) of two antisocial behaviors (carrying a handgun to school and attacking someone with the intent of seriously hurting them). Two domains of protective factors are used: school and peers. The most significant protective factor for both antisocial behaviors was reli…
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