அலெக்சாந்தர் தோம்

இலாங் மெக்கும் அவரது பெண்மக்களும், அலெக்சாந்தர் தோமின் மிகப்பெரிய B-வகைமை தட்டையான வட்டம்

அலெக்சாந்தர் சாந்தி தோம் (Alexander Sandy Thom) (26 மார்ச்சு 1894 – 7 நவம்பர் 1985) ஒரு இசுகாட்டியப் பொறியாளரும் தொல்வானியலாளரும் ஆவார் இவரது பெருங்கற்கால முற்றம் எனும் கோட்பாடு மிகவும் பெயர்பெற்ற கற்காலம் சார்ந்த கோட்பாடாகும். இக்கோட்பாடு கல்வட்டங்களின் வகைமைகளையும் கல்கட்டமைப்புகள் அமைந்த தொல்லியல் களங்களின் கோட்பாடுகளையும் விளக்குகிறது.

வெளியீடுகள்

தொல்வானியல் வெளியீடுகள்.

• Thom, Alexander (1955). "A Statistical Examination of the Megalithic Sites in Britain". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General) 118 (3): 275–295. doi:10.2307/2342494. 
• Thom, Alexander (1961). "The egg-shaped standing stone rings of Britain". Archivs Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences 14: 291–303. 
• Thom, Alexander (1961). "The Geometry of Megalithic Man". The Mathematical Gazette 45 (352): 83–93. doi:10.2307/3614618. https://archive.org/details/sim_mathematical-gazette_1961-05_45_352/page/83. 
• Thom, Alexander (1962). "The megalithic unit of length". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A 125 (2): 243–251. doi:10.2307/2982328. 
• Thom, Alexander (1964). "The larger unit of megalithic man". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A 127: 527–533. doi:10.2307/2343934. 
• Thom, Alexander (1966). "Megaliths and mathermatics". Antiquity 40 (158): 121–128. doi:10.1017/s0003598x00032294. 
• Thom, Alexander., Megalithic sites in Britain, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1967 பன்னாட்டுத் தரப்புத்தக எண் 978-0198131489.
• Thom, Alexander (1968). "The metrology of cup and ring marks". Systematics 6: 173–189. 
• Thom, Alexander., Megalithic Lunar Observatories, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1970.
• Thom, Alexander; Thom, Archibald (1971). "The astronomical significance of the large Carnac menhirs". Journal for the History of Astronomy 2 (3): 147–160. doi:10.1177/002182867100200301. Bibcode: 1971JHA.....2..147T. 
• Thom, Alexander (1972). "The Carnac alignments". Journal for the History of Astronomy 3: 11–26. doi:10.1177/002182867200300103. Bibcode: 1972JHA.....3...11T. 
• Thom, Alexander (1972). "The uses and alignments at Le Menec, Carnac". Journal for the History of Astronomy 3: 151–164. doi:10.1177/002182867200300301. Bibcode: 1972JHA.....3..151T. 
• Thom, Alexander (1973). "The Kerlescan cromlechs". Journal for the History of Astronomy 4 (3): 169–173. doi:10.1177/002182867300400303. Bibcode: 1973JHA.....4..168T. 
• Thom, Alexander (1973). "A megalithic lunar observatory in Orkney". Journal for the History of Astronomy 4: 169–173. doi:10.1177/002182867300400203. 
• Thom, Alexander (1973). "The Astronomical Significance of the Crucuno Stone Rectangle". Current Anthropology 14 (4): 450–454. doi:10.1086/201352. https://archive.org/details/sim_current-anthropology_1973-10_14_4/page/450. 
• Thom, Alexander (1974). "The Kermario alignments". Journal for the History of Astronomy 5: 30–47. doi:10.1177/002182867400500104. Bibcode: 1974JHA.....5...30T. 
• Thom, Alexander; Stevenson Thom, Archibald; Strang Thom, Alexander (1974). "Stonehenge". Journal for the History of Astronomy 5 (2): 71–90. doi:10.1177/002182867400500201. Bibcode: 1974JHA.....5...71T. 
• Thom, Alexander (1975). "Further work on Brogar Lunar Observatory". Journal for the History of Astronomy 6 (2): 100–114. doi:10.1177/002182867500600203. Bibcode: 1975JHA.....6..100T. 
• Thom, Alexander; Stevenson Thom, Archibald; Strang Thom, Alexander (1975). "Stonehenge as a Possible Lunar Observatory". Journal for the History of Astronomy 6: 19–30. doi:10.1177/002182867500600103. Bibcode: 1975JHA.....6...19T. 
• Thom, Alexander (1976). "Avebury volume 1: A new assessment of the geometry and metrology of the ring". Journal for the History of Astronomy 7: 183–192. doi:10.1177/002182867600700303. Bibcode: 1976JHA.....7..183T. 
• Thom, Alexander; Thom, Archibald; Foord, T.R. (1976). "Avebury volume 2: the West Kennet Avenue". Journal for the History of Astronomy 7: 193–197. doi:10.1177/002182867600700304. Bibcode: 1976JHA.....7..193T. 
• Thom, Alexander; Thom, Archibald; Gorrie, J.M. (1976). "The two megalithic lunar observatories at Carnac". Journal for the History of Astronomy 7: 11–26. doi:10.1177/002182867600700102. Bibcode: 1976JHA.....7...11T. 
• Thom, Alexander (1977). "Megalithic Astronomy". Journal of Navigation 30: 1–14. doi:10.1017/s0373463300043575. 
• Thom, Alexander (1977). "A Forth Lunar Foresight for the Brogar Ring". Journal for the History of Astronomy 8: 54–55. doi:10.1177/002182867700800107. Bibcode: 1977JHA.....8...54T. 
• Thom, Alexander (1978). "A reconsideration of the Lunar Sites in Britain". Journal for the History of Astronomy 9 (3): 170–179. doi:10.1177/002182867800900302. Bibcode: 1978JHA.....9..170T. 
• Thom, Alexander., Megalithic remains in Britain and Brittany, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1978.
• Thom, Alexander (1979). "The standing stones in Argyllshire". Glasgow Archaeological Journal vi (6): 5–10. doi:10.3366/gas.1979.6.6.5. 
• Thom, Alexander (1980). "A new study of all lunar lines". Archaeoastronomy: Supplement to the Journal for the History of Astronomy 2: 78–94. Bibcode: 1980JHAS...11...78T. 
• Thom, Alexander (1980). "Astronomical foresights used by Megalithic man". Archaeoastronomy: Supplement to the Journal for the History of Astronomy 2: 78–94. Bibcode: 1980JHAS...11...78T. 
• Thom, Alexander, Thom Archibald Stevenson, Burl, Aubrey., Megalithic rings: plans and data for 229 monuments in Britain, British Archaeological Reports, 1980, பன்னாட்டுத் தரப்புத்தக எண் 978-0-86054-094-6
• Thom, Alexander, Statistical and philosophical arguments for the astronomical significance of standing stones, in D.C. Heggie, Archaeoastronomy in the Old World, Cambridge University Press, 53–82, 1982.
• Thom, Alexander, Statistical and philosophical arguments for the astronomical significance of standing stones with a section on the solar calendar, in D.C. Heggie, Archaeoastronomy in the Old World, Cambridge University Press, 53–82, 1982.
• Thom, Alexander (1983). "Observations of the moon in megalithic times". Archaeoastronomy: Supplement to the Journal for the History of Astronomy 5: 57–66. 
• Thom, Alexander (1984). "The two major Megalithic observatories in Scotland". Journal for the History of Astronomy 15 (7): 129–148. doi:10.1177/002182868401500706. Bibcode: 1984JHAS...15..129T. 
• 1990. Thom, Alexander and Burl, Aubrey Stone Rows and Standing Stones: Britain, Ireland and Brittany B.A.R. 1990, பன்னாட்டுத் தரப்புத்தக எண் 978-0-86054-708-2

வெளி இணைப்புகள்

• Thom's publications at the Astrophysics Data System
• Biography
• "Astronomy before History", by Clive Ruggles and Michael Hoskins, a chapter from the Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy, Michael Hoskin ed., 1999
• Alexander Thom, obituary by D. C. Heggie, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol 28, No 2, p 178-182
• BBC Archive – Chronicle | Cracking the Stone Age Code
• Video footage of his home at Dunlop in Ayrshire