History of Astronomy : What's new

History of Astronomy:
What's new at this site on January 6, 2000

Fifth anniversary

Astronomiae Historia / History of Astronomy started 5 years ago, on January 16, 1995.

Some URLs have been updated.

Welcome / About

• Site map (complete Table of Contents)
  updated
• Citation Index
  updated
• Acknowledgements
  updated

History of astronomy

Persons

• B
  • Baade, Wilhelm Heinrich Walter (1893-1960)
    • Very short biography
  • Babbage, Charles (1792-1871)
    • Very short biography and references
  • Barnard, Edward Emerson (1857-1923)
    • Very short biography
  • Behaim, Martin (1459-1507)
    • Very short biography
  • Benedetti, Giovanni Battista (1530-1590)
    • Very short biography
  • Bernoulli (family)
    • Very short biographies
  • Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm (1784-1846)
    • Very short biography
  • Bethe, Hans Albrecht (b. 1906)
    • Very short biography
  • Bhaskara (1114-1185)
    • Very short biography
  • Biot, Jean-Baptiste [Jean Baptiste] (1774-1862)
    • Very short biography
  • Birkhoff, George David (1884-1944)
    • Very short biography and reference
  • Blackett, Patrick Maynard Stuart (1897-1974)
    • Very short biography
  • Blaeu, Willem Janszoon (1571-1638)
    • Very short biography
  • Borelli, Giovanni Alfonso (1608-1679)
    • Very short biography
  • Boskovic [Boscovich], Rudjer Joseph [Ruggiero Giuseppe; Rodger Joseph] (1711-1787)
    • Very short biography
  • Brahe, Tycho [Brahe, Tyge; Brahe, Tycho de] (1546-1601)
    • Short biography and references
  • Brahmagupta (c. 598 - c. 665)
    • Very short biography
  • Braun, Wernher von (1912-1977)
    • Short biography and reference
  • Briggs, Henry (1561-1630)
    • Very short biography
  • Brisbane, Thomas Makdougall (1773-1860)
    • Very short biography
  • Bruno, Giordano (1548-1600)
    • Short biography and references
  • Burnham, Sherburne Wesley (1838-1921)
    • Very short biography
• C
  • Cannon, Annie Jump (1863-1941)
    • Very short biography
  • Cardan [Cardano; Cardanus], Jerome [Geronimo; Hieronymus; Girolamo] (1501-1576)
    • Very short biography and references
  • Cassini (family)
    • Very short biographies
  • Celsius, Anders (1701-1744)
    • Very short biography
  • Cherenkov [Cerenkov; Tscherenkow], Pavel Alekseevich (1904-1990)
    • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1958
      With a short biography.
    • Very short biography
  • Clavius [Klau], Christoph [Christopher] (1538-1612)
    • Very short biography
  • Conon of Samos (c. 280 BC - c. 220 BC)
    • Very short biography
  • Copernicus, Nicolaus (1473-1543)
    • Very short biography and references
  • Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718)
    • Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria: Epitome cosmografica, 1693
    • Internationale Coronelli-Gesellschaft für Globen- und Instrumentenkunde (Homepage)
      International Coronelli Society for the Study of Globes and Related Instruments
    • Internationale Coronelli-Gesellschaft für Globen- und Instrumentenkunde (Info) (Or see here.)
    • The House of Coronelli
      Trader of antique globes
    • Find more about Coronelli with Alta Vista

Items

• Calendars, Time and Chronology
  • The Chinese Calendar, by Helmer Aslaksen
  • The Islamic Calendar, by Helmer Aslaksen
• Constellations, Maps and Atlases
  • Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria: Epitome cosmografica, 1693
• Instruments
  • Internationale Coronelli-Gesellschaft für Globen- und Instrumentenkunde (Homepage)
    International Coronelli Society for the Study of Globes and Related Instruments
  • Internationale Coronelli-Gesellschaft für Globen- und Instrumentenkunde (Info) (Or see here.)
  • The House of Coronelli
    Trader of antique globes

Museums, memorials, historical places and exhibits

• Vienna (Wien), Austria
  • Globe Museum of the Austrian National Library

Publications

• Books
  • Treasure-Hunting in Astronomical Plate Archives, 1999

Meetings

• Prayer, Magic, and the Stars in the Ancient and Late Antique World
  March 3-5, 2000, Seattle, WA, USA
• Looking Ahead In Wonder: From Comets To The Universe
  Oort Centenary Symposium. April 25-27, 2000, Leiden, The Netherlands
• Symposium "Astronomy of ancient civilizations" associated to JENAM-2000 (Or see here or here.)
  May 24-29, 2000, Moscow, Russia
• P Cygni 2000: 400 Years of Progress
  August 21-23, 2000, Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK
• Symposium Galileo 2001
  February 19-23, 2001, Tenerife, Spain
• History of Astronomy Conference Calendar 2000 (updated)
• History of Astronomy Conference Calendar 2001 (updated)
• Past history of astronomy meetings (updated)

Societies

• Internationale Coronelli-Gesellschaft für Globen- und Instrumentenkunde (Homepage)
  International Coronelli Society for the Study of Globes and Related Instruments
• Internationale Coronelli-Gesellschaft für Globen- und Instrumentenkunde (Info) (Or see here.)
• Society for the History of Discoveries

Historians of astronomy

• Aslaksen, Helmer
  Including a list of publications

Working Group for the History of Astronomy

• Publications
  • Electronic newsletters
    • Elektronische Mitteilungen zur Astronomiegeschichte
      Nr. 46, 6. Januar 2000
  • Acta Historica Astronomiae
    • Vol. 6: Treasure-Hunting in Astronomical Plate Archives, 1999

Wolfgang R. Dick