History of Astronomy : What's new

History of Astronomy:
What's new at this site on March 17, 1999

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

• Georgia (Georgien)
  • The unknown history of Georgian astronomy, by Irakli Simonia
• Göttingen, Germany
  • The Solar Tower

Persons

• J
  • Johannes de Sacrobosco [de Sacro Bosco; John of Holywood] (c.1195-1256)
    • Short biography and references
• K
  • Kepler, Johannes
    • Very short biography and references
    • Very short biography and links
    • Very short biography and references
    • Neues vom Keplerschen Kugelproblem?, von Michael Gebel (in German)
    • Britannica Online entries
    • Bibliography (ADS entries)
    • References (ADS entries)
    • References
    • Kommission für die Herausgabe der Werke von Johannes Kepler
      (Commission for the Publication of the Works of Johannes Kepler)
    • UCSC astronomer discovers 400-year-old manuscript, by Barbara McKenna
      Horoscope authored by Kepler.
• M
  • Mercator, Gerardus [Kremer, Gerhard] (1512-1594)
    • Mercator-Feier 1962 im Mercator-Gymnasium (in German)
      With a short biography.
  • Montucla, Jean Etienne (1725-1799)
    • Short biography and references
• N
  • Neile, William (1637-1670)
    • Short biography and references
  • Nicholas of Cusa [Nicolaus Cryffts, Nicolaus de Cusa, Nicolaus von Cues, Cusanus] (1401-1464)
    • Short biography and references
• O
  • Osipovskij [Osipovsky], Timofej [Timofei] Fedorovich (1765-1832)
    • Short biography and references
• P
  • Peacock, George (1791-1858)
    • Short biography and references
  • Poretskij [Poretsky], Platon Sergeevich (1846-1907)
    • Short biography and references
  • Proclus [Proklos] Diadochus (410[412?]-485)
    • Short biography and references
  • Puiseux, Victor Alexandre (1820-1883)
    • Short biography and references
• R
  • Ricci, Matteo (1552-1610)
    • Short biography and references
• S
  • Seidel, Philipp Ludwig von (1821-1896)
    • Short biography and references
  • Sierpinski, Waclaw (1882-1969)
    • Short biography and references
  • Simson, Robert (1687-1768)
    • Short biography and references
  • Sommerville, Duncan MacLaren Young (1879-1934)
    • Short biography and references
• Index of all persons from A to Z (updated)
• Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomy : Discussion of a Project
  • HASTRO-L Discussion (updated)

Items

• Calendars, Time and Chronology
  • Calendar History
  • Calendar Links
  • 8th to 4th Century B.C. Calendar Changes
  • Early Roman Calendars
  • Julian Calendar
  • Gregorian Calendar
  • Chinese Calendar
  • Brief History and Outline of the Hebrew Calendar's Structure
  • Aztec Calendar or Sun Stone
    Describes a carved 'Sun Stone' that is now in the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.
  • Muslim Calendar
• Celestial Mechanics
  • Understanding tidal friction: A history of science in a nutshell, by Peter Brosche
    Science Tribune, December 1998

Museums, memorials, historical places and exhibits

• Göttingen, Germany
  • Öffentliche Führungen im Hainberg-Observatorium (in German)
  • Gauß-Weber Monument

Research and graduate institutes and departments

• Munich (München), Germany
  • Kommission für die Herausgabe der Werke von Johannes Kepler
    (Commission for the Publication of the Works of Johannes Kepler)

Publications

• Journals
  • NTM
    Internationale Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Ethik der Naturwissenschaften, Technik und Medizin / International Journal of History and Ethics of Natural Sciences, Technology and Medicine

Meetings

• The history and function of nonverbal representations in astronomical and astrophysical research practice
  September 20, 1999, Göttingen, Germany
• History of Astronomy Conference Calendar 1999 (updated)

Historians of astronomy

• McCluskey, Steve (scmcc@wvnvm.wvnet.edu)

History of science

Museums, memorials, historical places and exhibits

• University Library
• Universitätsbibliothek (in German)
• Auditorium maximum
• Auditorium maximum (in German)
• City Museum
  With exhibits on the history of the university.
• Städtisches Museum (in German)
  Mit Exponaten zur Universitätsgeschichte

Publications

• Birkhäuser Verlag
  • History of Science / Geschichte der Wissenschaften
• Physics in Perspective

Working Group for the History of Astronomy

• Meetings (updated)
  • Göttingen, September 20, 1999
• Publications
  • Electronic newsletters
    • Elektronische Mitteilungen zur Astronomiegeschichte
      Nr. 38, 17. März 1999

Wolfgang R. Dick