History of Astronomy : What's new

History of Astronomy:
What's new at this site on January 28, 2000

Some URLs have been updated.

Welcome / About

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

History of astronomy

Observatories and other places

• Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
  • The University of Michigan Detroit Observatory

Persons

• B
  • Brahe, Tycho [Brahe, Tyge; Brahe, Tycho de] (1546-1601)
    • Brahe, Tycho: Astronomiae instauratae mechanica, 1602
      In image form. Introduction by Ronald Brashear.
• D
  • Darwin, George Howard (1845-1912)
    • Very short biography
  • Dee, John (1527-1608)
    • Short biography and references
  • Delambre, Jean Baptiste Joseph (1749-1822)
    • Very short biography
  • Dollond, John (1706-1761)
    • Very short biography
  • Duhem, Pierre Maurice Marie (1861-1916)
    • Short biography and reference
  • Dyson, Frank Watson (1868-1939)
    • Very short biography
• E
  • Eddington, Arthur Stanley (1882-1944)
    • Short biography and references
  • Encke, Johann Franz (1791-1865)
    • Very short biography
  • Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c. 276 BC - c. 196 BC)
    • Very short biography
  • Eudoxus of Cnidus (c. 400 BC - c. 347 BC)
    • Very short biography
  • Euler, Leonhard (1707-1783)
    • Very short biography
  • Ezra, Abraham ben Meir ibn [Abraham Ben Esra [Ibn Esra; Aben-Ezra]] (c.1092-1167)
    • Very short biography and references
• F
  • Flamsteed, John (1646-1719)
    • Very short biography and reference
  • Foucault, Jean Bernard Léon [Jean-Bertrand-Léon] (1819-1868)
    • Very short biography
  • Fowler, William Alfred (1911-1995)
    • Very short biography
  • Freundlich, Erwin Finlay (1885-1964)
    • Very short biography
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• H
  • Huygens, Christiaan (1629-1695)
    • Huygens, Christiaan: Systema Saturnium, 1659
      In image form. Introduction by Ronald Brashear.

Archives and libraries

• Washington, D.C., USA
  • Dibner Library of the History of Science & Technology
    A rare book library and part of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries division, specializing in science & technology subjects, including astronomy. Holds also manuscripts.

Publications

• Books
  • Brahe, Tycho: Astronomiae instauratae mechanica, 1602
    In image form. Introduction by Ronald Brashear.
  • Huygens, Christiaan: Systema Saturnium, 1659
    In image form. Introduction by Ronald Brashear.

Meetings

• International Relations in Astronomy
  September 18, 2000, Bremen/Lilienthal, Germany
• History of Astronomy Conference Calendar 2000 (updated)
• History of Astronomy Conference Calendar 2001 (updated)

Historians of astronomy

• Figueiredo, Fernando
• Hockey, Thomas A.
• Papke, Werner

Working Group for the History of Astronomy

• Meetings
  • Bremen/Lilienthal, September 18, 2000
• Publications
  • Electronic newsletters
    • Elektronische Mitteilungen zur Astronomiegeschichte
      Nr. 47, 28. Januar 2000

Wolfgang R. Dick