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British astronomer and physicist
F. Richard Stephenson (born Francis Richard Stephenson , 26 April 1941) is an
Emeritus Professor at the
University of Durham , in the
Physics department and the East Asian Studies department. His research concentrates on
historical aspects of astronomy , in particular analyzing ancient astronomical records to reconstruct the history of
Earth's rotation . He has an
asteroid named after him:
10979 Fristephenson .
Bibliography
David H. Clark [
fr ] & F. Richard Stephenson, The Historical supernovae , Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1977, 233 pages,
ISBN
0080209149
F. Richard Stephenson & David H. Clark, Applications of Early Astronomical Records ,
Oxford University Press , 1979, 124 pages,
ISBN
0-19-520122-1
Hermann Hunger ,
Christopher B. F. Walker , Richard Stephenson &
Kevin K. C. Yau , Halley's Comet in History ,
British Museum Press , 1985, 64 pages,
ISBN
0-7141-1118-X
F. Richard Stephenson, Supplement to the Tuckerman Tables ,
American Philosophical Society , 1986, 564 pages,
ISBN
0-87169-170-1
F. Richard Stephenson &
M. A. Houlden , Atlas of historical eclipse maps. East Asia 1500 BC-AD 1900 ,
Cambridge University Press , 1986,
ISBN
9780521106948
F. Richard Stephenson, "The identification of early returns of comet Halley from ancient astronomical records", p. 203 - 214 in Comet Halley. Investigations, results, interpretations, Vol. 2 ,
Prentice Hall , 1990
F. Richard Stephenson, Astronomical Observations from the Ancient Orient ,
Prentice Hall , 1990, 350 pages,
ISBN
0-7458-0285-0
F. Richard Stephenson, Historical Eclipses and Earth's Rotation ,
Cambridge University Press , 1997, 573 pages,
ISBN
0-521-46194-4
F. Richard Stephenson &
David A. Green , Historical supernovae and their remnants , Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2002, 252 p.,
ISBN
0198507666
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