அலெக்சாந்தர் தோம்

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.

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

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