History of Astronomy : What's new

History of Astronomy:
What's new at this site on January 7, 2001

Some URLs have been updated.

Welcome / About

• Site map (complete Table of Contents)
  updated

History of astronomy

Persons

• A
  • Agricola, Georgius [Bauer, Georg] (1494-1555)
    Solar system feature named after him. No other relation to astronomy known to us.
    • Very short biographical data (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Alfvén, Hannes Olof Gösta (1908-1995)
    • Very short biography and references (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Alcmaeon of Croton [Alkmaion von Kroton] (ca. 535 BC - ?)
    • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Ampère, André Marie (1775-1836)
    • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• B
  • Blyth, John (fl. 20th c.)
    • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Bohr, Harald August (1887-1951)
    • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
    • Short biography and bibliography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
    • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
    • Bibliography and archival sources (Theseus)
    • Harald Bohr Papers
      Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. Including a short biography
  • Bolzano, Bern[h]ard Placidus Johann Nepomuk (1781-1848)
    Relation to astronomy: Wrote "Christ. Doppler's neueste Leistungen auf dem Gebiete der physikalischen Apparatenlehre, Akustik, Optik u. optischen Astronomie"
    • The Bernard Bolzano Pages
    • Short biography, references and links (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
    • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Bok, Bart Jan (1906-1983)
    • Very short biographical data and references (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Bose, Satyendra Nath [Satyendranath] (1894-1974)
    • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan (1881-1966)
    Solar system feature named after him (and Dirk Brouwer). No other relation to astronomy known to us.
    • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• L
  • Lindelöf, Lorenz Leonard (1827-1908)
    • Very short biography and bibliography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Index of all persons from A to Z (updated)

Publications

• Books
  • Der Große Refraktor auf dem Potsdamer Telegrafenberg, 2000

IAU Commission 41 (History of Astronomy) (updated)

Working Group for the History of Astronomy

• Meetings (updated)
  • Bremen/Lilienthal, September 18, 2000
    • Programm (in German, Abstracts in English; updated and links to abstracts added)
• Publications
  • Acta Historica Astronomiae
    • Vol. 11: Der Große Refraktor auf dem Potsdamer Telegrafenberg [The Great Refractor at the Telegrafenberg in Potsdam]
      • Inhalt / Table of contents
        • Vorwort
        • Der Vorstoß in die Tiefen des Universums. 100 Jahre Großteleskope
        • Preußens Bauten für die Wissenschaft
        • Der Große Refraktor - das Hauptinstrument des Astrophysikalischen Observatoriums Potsdam
        • Über einige wissenschaftliche Beiträge aus den ersten Jahrzehnten des Astrophysikalischen Observatoriums Potsdam
        • Sonnenphysik in Potsdam
        • Hermann Carl Vogels Bericht über eine Reise nach England, Schottland und Irland im Jahr 1875
        • Telegrafenberg oder Telegraphenberg?

Wolfgang R. Dick