History of Astronomy : What's new

History of Astronomy:
What's new at this site on May 19, 2000

Some URLs have been updated.

Welcome / About

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

History of astronomy

Observatories and other places

• Istanbul, Turkey
  • Istanbul University Observatory
  • Istanbul University Observatory (in Turkish; longer version)

Persons

• H
  • Hohmann, Walter (1880-1945)
    • Biography (in German)
    • Short biography (in German)
    • Erfatal-Museum Hardheim (in German)
      • Walter Hohmann und die Raumfahrt
    • Walter-Hohmann-Sternwarte Essen e.V. (in German)
    • Find more about Hohmann with Alta Vista
• K
  • Korolyov [Koroljow], Sergej [Sergey, Sergei] Pavlovich [Pawlowitsch] (1907-1966)
    • Memorial house of S. P. Korolev, Moscow, Russia
    • Memorial house of S. P. Korolev (See also here.)
    • Memorial house of S. P. Korolev (in Russian)
    • Memorial house of S. P. Korolev (in Russian)
• L
  • Lomonosov [Lomonossow], Mikhail Vasilyevich [Michail Wassiljewitsch] (1711-1765)
    • Very short biography
    • M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
• R
  • Rosenberg, Hans (1879-1940)
    • Hans Rosenberg und Carl Wirtz - Zwei Kieler Astronomen in der NS-Zeit, von Ch. Theis, S. Deiters, C. Einsel, F. Homann (in German)
      Sterne und Weltraum 38, vol. 2, p. 126 (1999). - Available as Postscript file.
    • Find more about Rosenberg with Alta Vista
• S
  • Sommerfeld, Arnold Johannes Wilhelm (1868-1951)
    • Short biography and references (in German)
    • Arnold Sommerfeld: Wissenschaftlicher Briefwechsel (in German)
      Including many letters on astronomical matters. See the subject index "Suche nach Wissenschaft" for keywords like Astrologie, Astronomie, Astrophysik, Gravitationswellen, Keplerbewegung, Mars, kosmische Strahlung, Kosmologie, Universum, Uranus, Urknall etc.
• T
  • Tsiolkovsky [Ciolkovskij, Ziolkowski], Konstantin Eduardovich [Eduardowitsch] (1857-1935)
    • Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics, Kaluga, Russia (See also here.)
    • K. E. Tsiolkovsky Museum, Izhevskoe, Ryazan region, Russia
• W
  • Wirtz, Carl Wilhelm (1876-1939)
    • Hans Rosenberg und Carl Wirtz - Zwei Kieler Astronomen in der NS-Zeit, von Ch. Theis, S. Deiters, C. Einsel, F. Homann (in German)
      Sterne und Weltraum 38, vol. 2, p. 126 (1999). - Available as Postscript file.
    • Find more about Wirtz with Alta Vista
• Index of all persons from A to Z (updated)

Archives and libraries

• Arnold Sommerfeld: Wissenschaftlicher Briefwechsel (in German)
  Including many letters on astronomical matters. See the subject index "Suche nach Wissenschaft" for keywords like Astrologie, Astronomie, Astrophysik, Gravitationswellen, Keplerbewegung, Mars, kosmische Strahlung, Kosmologie, Universum, Uranus, Urknall etc.

Museums, memorials, historical places and exhibits

• Hardheim, Germany
  • Erfatal-Museum Hardheim (in German)
    • Walter Hohmann und die Raumfahrt
• Izhevskoe, Ryazan region, Russia
  • K. E. Tsiolkovsky Museum
• Kaluga, Russia
  • Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics (See also here.)
• Moscow [Moskva, Moskau], Russia
  • Central House of Aviation and Cosmonautics (Space Exploration) (See also here.)
  • Memorial house of S. P. Korolev
  • Memorial house of S. P. Korolev (See also here.)
  • Memorial house of S. P. Korolev (in Russian)
  • Memorial house of S. P. Korolev (in Russian)
  • Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics (Space Exploration)
  • Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics (Space Exploration) (See also here and here and here.)
  • Memorial Museum of Space Exploration

Research and graduate institutes and departments

• Moscow, Russia
  • Institute for the History of Natural Science and Technology (IIET)
    Including research in history of astronomy.

Publications

• Journals
  • Voprosy istorii estestvoznaiya i tekhniki
    Issues in the History of Science and Technology. - Russian journal.

Meetings

• History of Astronomy Conference Calendar 2000 (updated)
• History of Astronomy Conference Calendar 2001 (updated)

Historians of astronomy

• Chinnici, Ileana
  Including a list of publications
• Duerbeck, Hilmar W.
  Including a list of publications
• Noegel, Scott B.
• Vizgin, Vladimir Pavlovich
  Including a list of publications
• Zaitsev, Evgenii Alexeevich
  Including a list of publications

History of science

Institutions and geographic places

• Moscow, Russia
  • Lebedev Physical Institute (in Russian)
  • Moscow University
  • Moscow University: Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
  • Moscow University: Department of Physics
  • Database of Professors at Moscow University for the first 100 years: 1755-1855
• Russia
  • WWW Virtual Guide to the History of Russian and Soviet Science and Technology
  • The Russian Academy of Sciences (1724-1999)

Archives and libraries

• Russia
  • Archives in Russia
  • Yale Russian Archive Project
• Ukraine
  • Archives in Ukraine

Museums, memorials, historical places and exhibits

• Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia
  • Irkutsk State Technical University History Museum (See also here.)
  • Irkutsk State Technical University History Museum (in Russian)
• Russia
  • Russian Museums
    • Science, Technology, Industry

Publications

• Bibliography of the History of Russian and Soviet Science and Technology

Working Group for the History of Astronomy

• Publications
  • Electronic newsletters
    • Electronic Newsletter for the History of Astronomy
      Number 42, May 19, 2000

Wolfgang R. Dick