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The Astrolabe

An ancient instrument for solving problems of location and distance, as well as time

Astrolábon órganon is the word used in Ptolemaeus Syntaxis 5.1 to describe a form of armillary sphere consisting of both fixed and rotating rings for determining the ecliptic co-ordinates of stars. Also called astrolabe were two-dimensional representations of the celestial sphere: over fixed disks with a representation of the horizon of the earth (in each case for a specific geographic latitude) and its parallels up to the zenith lies a rotating representation of the heavens (called ‘spider’ or ‘net’) with zodiac and indicators for some of the brightest stars. On the back is an indicator (‘alidade’) with visor plates for calculating the height of the stars. The astrolabe allows its user to determine the hours of day and night, the positions of stars, and the height and depth of objects on earth (mountains, buildings, wells). The oldest extant descriptions of the flat, planispheric astrolabe come from Iohannes Philoponus, 6th century AD, and (in Syrian) from Severus Sebokht, c. 660 AD. Indirect references may date back as early as Theon (4th cent.). Between the 8th and the 9th centuries the Arabs appropriated the knowledge of the astrolabe. At the end of the 10th century and again in the 12th century, they passed it on to Western Europe, where astrolabes were constructed up until the 17th cent. Today, one Byzantine astrolabe (from 1062) is extant, as are some 750 Arabic-Islamic astrolabes and approximately the same number of European astrolabes.

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Designed Monomers and Polymers

An international journal on monomer and macromolecular synthesis

Editor: M.K. Mishra (c/o Phillip Morris USA Research Center, Richmond, VA, USA) Regional Co-Editor: Y. Yagci (Technical University Istanbul)

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ISSN:	1385-772X
E-ISSN:	1568-5551
Current:	Volume 12 (2009)
Number of Issues:	6
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J.V. Crivello Troy, NY, USA F. Du Prez Gent, Belgium G. Galli Pisa, Italy A. Greiner Marburg, Germany J.P. Kennedy Akron, OH, USA T. Kitayama Osaka, Japan M. Kowalczuk Zabrze, Poland J.-F. Lutz Potsdam, Germany I. Manners Toronto, Canada L.J. Mathias Hattiesburg, MS, USA K. Müllen Mainz, Germany T. Nakaya Osaka, Japan G.R. Newkome Akron, OH, USA O. Nuyken Münich, Germany T. Ogawa Mexico City, Mexico M. Rehahn Darmstadt, Germany H. Ritter Düsseldorf, Germany U.S. Schubert Eindhoven, The Netherlands S. Sivaram Pune, India Y. Tsukahara Kyoto, Japan U. Tunca Istanbul, Turkey M. Ueda Tokyo, Japan B. Voit Dresden, Germany

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Designed Monomers and Polymers provides a forum for the prompt publication of peer-reviewed, English-language papers on all areas of macromolecular design and application. Emphasis will be placed on the macromolecular preparations including the synthesis, characterization and application of monomers. The experimental part should be provided in such detail (including specific observations, precautionary notes, use of new materials, techniques, and their possible problems, etc.) that it could be reproduced by any researcher wishing to repeat the work. The subjects of macromolecular science, initiators, macroinitiators for macromolecular design, as well as the kinetics, mechanism and modeling aspects of polymerization, will be included too.
Designed Monomers and Polymers provides an interface between organic, and polymer chemistries and aims to bridge the gap between monomer synthesis and the design of new polymers. The subject of monomers may include old monomers but new methods of synthesis. Authors must show the evidence for polymerization (including polycondensation, sequential combination, oxidative coupling, radiation, plasma polymerization, etc.) for new monomers. The field of monomers encompasses functional prepolymers of various architectures such as hyperbranched polymers, telechelic polymers, macromonomers, or dendrimers. Articles on monomers have been scattered over a vast number of journals: there is no polymer journal that covers a specialized subject such as monomers, whereas monomers are the building blocks of polymers. Designed Monomers and Polymers seeks to redress the balance by providing an international forum for addressing the issue of monomers and the art and science of macromolecular design.

Thomson Scientific’s Journal Citations Report for 2008 ranks Designed Monomers and Polymers with an Impact Factor of 0.517.

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