History
Categories
- Eclipses, Occultations and Transits (8)
- Instruments (12)
- Observatories (3)
- People (81)
- Solar System (10)
- Worldviews (14)
Links
History of Astronomy
http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/astoria.html
Offers a history of the field and science. Features links to related sites, awards and contact details. Provided by the Working Group for the History of Astronomy.
History of Astronomy Pages
http://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/~heijden/history.html
Frederik Kaiser (1808-1872) and the professionalisation of Dutch astronomy; The "Lost Letters" of J.C. Kapteyn (1851-1922); Many history of astronomy and history of science links with a Dutch flavour.
Islamic Astronomy
http://users.kfupm.edu.sa/phys/alshukri/PHYS215/Islamic%20astronomy.htm
Article by Owen Gingerich explores refinement and criticism of Ptolemaic astronomy, including religious influences on direction, and describes precursors to and influences on Copernicus.
Jewish Astronomy, From Ancient to Modern Times
http://wise-obs.tau.ac.il/judaism/jewish_astro.html
Astronomy in Israel from Og's Circle to the Wise Observatory.
Little Green Men, White Dwarfs or Pulsars?
http://www.bigear.org/vol1no1/burnell.htm
A personal account by Jocelyn Bell Burnell on the discovery of pulsars.
MuslimHeritage.com - Astronomy
http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?TaxonomyTypeID=18&TaxonomySubTypeID=107
Articles on astronomers, observatories, work performed and its significance from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries.
Northern California History of Astronomy Luncheon and Discussion Association
Announcements of discussions (in Oakland, California), open to the public, on various astronomy history topics, and an archive of past discussions
Out of This World
http://www.lindahall.org/events_exhib/exhibit/ex_atlas.shtml
Exhibition catalog for The Golden Age of the Celestial Atlas. Includes an historical essay and sample pictures.
Rundetaarn (The Round Tower)
http://www.rundetaarn.dk/engelsk/observatorium/history.htm
Astronomy in Denmark: Brahe, Roemer, Hertzsprung.
Russell A. Hulse - Nobel Lecture
http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1993/hulse-lecture.html
The discovery of the binary pulsar.