Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers

2014 Edition
| Editors: Thomas Hockey, Virginia Trimble, Thomas R. Williams, Katherine Bracher, Richard A. Jarrell, Jordan D. MarchéII, JoAnn Palmeri, Daniel W. E. Green

Wang Fan

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FlourishedChina, second century

What happens to the stars after they set and before they rise? Wang Fan made the conceptual leap from sky-as-dome to a celestial sphere.

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  1. Hartner, W. (1950). The Astronomical Instruments of Cha-Ma-Lu-Ting, their Identification, and their Relations to the Instruments of the Observatory of Maragha. Isis 41(2): 184.MATHCrossRefGoogle Scholar

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Earth ScienceUniversity of Northern IowaCedar FallUSA