*************************************************************************** * * * ELEKTRONISCHE MITTEILUNGEN ZUR ASTRONOMIEGESCHICHTE * * * * Herausgegeben vom Arbeitskreis Astronomiegeschichte * * in der Astronomischen Gesellschaft * * * * Nr. 42, 21. Juli 1999 * * * * Redaktion: Wolfgang R. Dick * * * *************************************************************************** Inhalt ------ 1. The LeRoy E. Doggett Prize 2. Ausstellung "125 Jahre Astronomie in Potsdam" 3. Peter D. Hingley: Exhibitions in Britain for the 1999 Total Eclipse 4. Exhibitions 5. Conference Announcement: Giordano Bruno and our Epoch 6. Tagung 1999 7. Neue Buecher Danksagung Impressum ........................................................................... Item 1 EMA Nr. 42, 21. Juli 1999 ........................................................................... The LeRoy E. Doggett Prize -------------------------- (Aus: Electronic Newsletter for the History of Astronomy, No. 37, July 13, 1999, Item 2) Nominations are requested for the second LeRoy E. Doggett Prize for Historical Astronomy, to be awarded in January 2000. The prize is awarded biennially either for a publication (within the past 6 years) that significantly illuminates the history of astronomy, or for a long-term contribution that has significantly influenced the field of the history of astronomy. Nominations are not limited to HAD or AAS members. Nominations for the first cycle two years ago are automatically carried over to this second cycle. Send new nominations to David.DeVorkin@nasm.si.edu - nominations should include a cover letter of not more than two to three pages, as well as appropriate supporting materials (CV of nominee, supporting letters by co-nominators, book reviews, etc.). Nomination deadline: August 15, 1999. The HAD Prize Committee (David DeVorkin, Chair) ........................................................................... Item 2 EMA Nr. 42, 21. Juli 1999 ........................................................................... Ausstellung "125 Jahre Astronomie in Potsdam" ---------------------------------------------- Aus Anlass des 125. Jubilaeums der Gruendung des Astrophysikalischen Observatoriums Potsdam (AOP) auf dem Telegrafenberg am 1.7.1874 praesentiert die "Galerie des Universums" in Potsdam eine Ausstellung mit dem Titel "125 Jahre Astronomie in Potsdam", die die Bedeutung der Potsdamer Forschungen auf dem Gebiet der Astronomie und Astrophysik deutlich machen soll. Wissenschaftliche Forschung hat immer auch einen historischen Bezug. Das gilt ebenso fuer die astronomische und astrophysikalische Forschung, die eine lange Verbindung zur Kulturentwicklung der Menschheit aufweist. Deshalb lassen sich die Arbeiten in einer bestimmten Epoche und an einem Ort in gesellschaftliche Zusammenhaenge einordnen. So kann die Bedeutung dieser Arbeiten besser verstanden werden. Deshalb waehlt die Ausstellung fuer die Darstellung der Potsdamer Astronomie den Weg der Einordnung in die Entwicklung eines Gesamtweltbildes vom Kosmos. Nach einer Einfuehrung: - Allgemeine Information ueber Gruendung, Zielstellung und Arbeitsgebiete des AOP unter Einbeziehung einer Praesentation von in Potsdam taetigen Astronomen mit einschlaegigen Kurzinformationen vermittelt die Exposition grundlegende Informationen zu den Themen - Sonnensystem - Sterne und unsere Galaxis - Galaxien und Galaxienhaufen bzw. grossraeumige Strukturen - Entwicklung des Weltbildes und Kosmologie In diesem Kontext wird verwiesen auf die Beitraege der Potsdamer Astronomie - darunter auch bisher kaum bekannte und noch zu wenig gewuerdigte - zum breitgefaecherten Spektrum der Astrophysik sowie auf die wissenschaftliche Bedeutung der hier geleisteten Forschung. Die Ausstellung ist vom 2. Juli bis zum 19. September 1999 in den Raeumen des Museumshauses in der Hermann-Elflein-Str. 3, 14467 Potsdam, zu sehen. (geoeffnet Di - So von 10.00 - 17.00 Uhr, sowie jeden ersten Montag im Monat). Besucherservice und Fuehrungen: Potsdam-Museum: Direktion, Tel. (0331) 2896600, Abt. Geschichte, Tel. (0331) 2896801 Galerie des Universums: (0331) 2805646, Fax (0331) 2805647. Begleitprogramm: Waehrend der Ausstellung findet alle 14 Tage, donnerstags, um 19.00 Uhr ein Vortrag zu ausstellungsbezogenen Themenkreisen statt. Die genauen Themen werden mit den entsprechenden Terminen ueber die Presse bekanntgegeben, bzw. sind in der Galerie des Universums zu erfragen. Projektleiter: Dr. rer. nat. Frank W. Baier Diplom-Astronom Galerie des Universums c/o IKS GbR Heinrich-Mann-Allee 105b D-14473 Potsdam URL: http://www.galerie-universum.de ........................................................................... Item 3 EMA Nr. 42, 21. Juli 1999 ........................................................................... Exhibitions in Britain for the 1999 Total Eclipse ------------------------------------------------- By Peter D. Hingley, London Are you visiting Britain / the West Country / the Channel Islands around the time of the Solar Eclipse on 1999 August 11? If so you may like to visit one or more of the following exhibitions which have been put on to coincide with it. All the exhibitions listed contain some material from the RAS collections and I have described this, but of course they all include much material from other sources. If contacting any of the Museums you may like to mention this message. If anyone is producing TV, Radio or Press coverage of the Eclipse, I am sure the museums in question would be very pleased to have a mention to give publicity for their exhibitions. I can provide personal contact details at any of the Museums on request, but thought it better not to put these in a general message. TRURO The Royal Cornwall Museum has mounted an exhibition `The Story of Astronomy in Cornwall', which opened on 10th July. The opening was attended by Professor Tony Hewish, himself born in Fowey, and the exhibition features various aspects of astronomy and of eclipses, the discovery of Pulsars, and the work of other Cornish-born astronomers such as Edwin Dunkin and John Couch Adams. The RAS Library has lent various rare book and archive material, notably the manuscript Autobiography of Edwin Dunkin, an edition of which is to be published by the Royal Institution of Cornwall during the run of the exhibition. The exhibition is open from 10am to 5pm, Monday to Saturday, until 11th September, and the charge for admission to the Museum is pounds 2.50 (with concessions). For further information please telephone the Museum (01872 272205). GUERNSEY The Guernsey Museum and Art Gallery in Candie Gardens, St Peter Port, has an exhibition `Eclipse 99', which was opened on 17th June by Dr Patrick Moore. The exhibition covers both the history of astronomy and of eclipse observation, and includes much modern information on the Sun, including interactive computer displays. The display also includes a piece of Moon rock lent by NASA, and outside the Gallery a coelostat projects a real- time image of the Sun when the latter is visible. (It usually is in Guernsey). The RAS Library has supplied various images for the exhibition and loaned a watercolour of an Eclipse in 1870 by the Guernsey born artist P J Naftel. The exhibition also features prominently the work of the pioneer astrophotographer Warren de la Rue, born in Guernsey in 1815. The exhibition is open daily until 26th September 1999, and admission to the Museum costs pounds 2.50 for adults, 1.25 for senior citizens, children and students free. For further information please telephone the Museum (01481 726518). PLYMOUTH The City of Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery's exhibition `The Dark Side of the Sun', opened on 8th May. It covers a wide range of the history of Astronomy and of navigation, as well as `just' eclipses. A considerable number of significant books and artefacts, not normally on public display, have been lent from the RAS collection, including the first editions of Newton's `Principia' and of Copernicus' `De Revolutionibus', Flamsteed's `Atlas Coelestis', and various other rare books, and several instruments including a sextant said to have been used by Captain Cook. The exhibition has received support from the University of Plymouth, European Space Agency, PPARC, and Orchid Technologies, as well as the RAS. It runs until 23 October and the Museum is open Tuesday to Saturday, and Bank Holiday Mondays, 10.00 - 17.00. Admission is free. For further infomation please telephone the Museum (01752 304774). ST IVES The Tate Gallery, St. Ives, has mounted an exhibition entitled `As Dark as Light', mainly of contemporary works of art by Yuko Shiraishi, Gia Edzveradze, and Garry Fabian Miller. There are also relevant works by Turner and Whistler. There is a small section of older material and items lent by the RAS include diagrams and drawings of eclipses, one of Halley's eclipse maps, and, notably, an album of original photographs of the 1860 eclipse expedition to Spain, probably collected by Warren de la Rue, which contains both the first concerted attempts at eclipse photography and what are probably the earliest photos of the participants in an eclipse expedition. The exhibition is open on Tuesdays to Sundays (and Mondays, including Bank Holiday Mondays, in July and August) from 10.30 to 17.30 , and runs until 30th October. There is a charge for admission, but the Tate Gallery has asked me not to specify how much it is. For further information please telephone the Gallery (01736 796226). There are also two exhibitions outside the area of totality: LONDON The Science Museum, South Kensington, has an exhibition `Eclipse99' which includes artefacts and images on the theme of eclipse observation over the centuries. Further information can be found on their Web site http://www.nmsi.ac.uk. LIVERPOOL The Liverpool Museum, William Brown St., Liverpool has a small exhibition of photographs and other material; mainly of current eclipse information but including some interesting ephemera relating to the 1927 Total Eclipse. The Museum is open daily, 10 am (Sundays 12) to 5 pm. The charge for admission is pounds 3.50 but this gives admission to eight museums for a whole year! Author's address: Peter D. Hingley, Librarian Royal Astronomical Society Burlington House Piccadilly London W1V 0NL England Tel.: 0171 734 4582 / 3307 Fax: 0171 494 0166 e-mail: pdh@ras.org.uk ........................................................................... Item 4 EMA Nr. 42, 21. Juli 1999 ........................................................................... Exhibitions ----------- A small exhibition focusing on astrological concepts in Islam, especially the zodiac, constellations, planets and lunar mansions, has just be opened in the Islamic galleries of the British Museum. Stunning objects of every day life with astrological iconography have been displayed next to coins, manuscripts and scientific instruments, including the two Abd al-Karim astrolabes, here shown together for the first time. "Heavenly Houses", British Museum, London, gallery 34, until 3 October 1999. Information: Silke Ackermann, British Museum MLA, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, e-mail: sackermann@British-museum.ac.uk The special exhibition "Eclipse! The history of eclipse watching to the present day" in the Science Museum, London, uses telescopes, spectroscopes, orreries and other scientific instruments to explain solar eclipses and how they have been viewed past and present. The centrepoint of the display is the Kew Photoheliograph, used in northern Spain at the 1860 eclipse to show that prominences were part of the Sun. 6 May - 3 September 1999, open daily from 10.00 to 18.00 URL: http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/eclipse/exhibition/museum.html The exhibition "Cosmos: From Romanticism to the Avant-garde, 1801 to 2001", presented by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts from June 17 to October 17, 1999, deals with the theme of infinity as expressed by the human imagination. Cosmos reveals its discoveries chronologically, from Romanticism's contemplation of the Moon to NASA's breathtaking photos of Earth taken from beyond the Moon. It is not so much a checklist of scientific discoveries and the conquest of the space as it is an attempt to explore the ever-expanding visual frontiers that artists bring within the grasp of our senses through their visionary creations. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Jean-Noel Desmarais Pavilion, 1380 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Canada, Tel. (514) 285-1600 Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday and Holiday Mondays, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. URL: http://www.mbam.qc.ca/en_cours/a-cosmos.html ........................................................................... Item 5 EMA Nr. 42, 21. Juli 1999 ........................................................................... Conference Announcement: Giordano Bruno and our Epoch ----------------------------------------------------- (Aus: Electronic Newsletter for the History of Astronomy, No. 37, July 13, 1999, Item 3) Preliminary Announcement International conference Giordano Bruno and our Epoch Moscow, Moscow State University February, 2000 (The exact dates will be given in the First Announcement.) Co-organizers: Sternberg Astronomical Institute of Moscow State University (SAI MSU) Institute for Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Science Euro-Asian Astronomical Society (EAAS) Scientific and Cultural Center "SETI" The conference will be held at SAI MSU. Main topics to be considered: 1. G.Bruno and scientific revolution of XVI-XVII centuries 2. G.Bruno and modern astronomy 3. G.Bruno and the SETI problem 4. G.Bruno and modern culture Contact addresses: lmg@sai.msu.ru (Dr.Lev M. Gindilis, SAI MSU) boch@sai.msu.ru (EAAS) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preregistration Form Expression of Interest: Name: Title: Institute: Postal Address: E-mail: FAX/Telephone: Please indicate if your attendance is: Highly probable/Probable/Possible I wish to make poster oral contribution Title of Proposed Poster or Oral Contribution: Please, send the filled form to: and/or ........................................................................... Item 6 EMA Nr. 42, 21. Juli 1999 ........................................................................... Tagung 1999 ----------- Weitere Tagungen im Jahr 1999 wurden in den vorangegangenen Ausgaben angekuendigt. Fuer eine komplette Liste aller bisher angekuendigten Tagungen siehe: http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/hist_astr/ha_meet.html 24-25 September, 1999, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy National meeting of the Italian Astronomical Society devoted to the history of the Internationa Latitude Service and other initiatives of astronomical cooperation at the end of the 19th century, such as the Carte du Ciel, the AG zone catalogue, and others. Contacts: Prof. Edoardo Proverbio, Osservatorio di Brera, Milano, fax 39 27200 1600, e-mail proverbio@astrco.astro.it ........................................................................... Item 7 EMA Nr. 42, 21. Juli 1999 ........................................................................... Neue Buecher ------------ Andrewes, William J.H. (Ed.): The quest for longitude. The proceedings of the Longitude Symposium, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 4-6, 1993. Cambridge, Mass.: Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University, 1996. 437 p., ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), 29 cm, ISBN 0-9644329-0-0, $ 75.00 [Contributions by historical experts on the history of the determination of longitude. "The Longitude Symposium was organized under the auspices of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments in connection with the Fourteenth Annual Seminar of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors." World maps on endpapers. Includes bibliographical references (p. 406-421) and index.] Birkmaier, Martin (Hrsg.): Totale Sonnenfinsternis 11. August 1999. Augsburg: Intercon, 1999. 94 S., 15 x 21 cm, zahlr. Abb., ISBN 3-9805116-1-8, Broschur DM 9,80 [S. 9-22: Karl August Keil, Zur Geschichte der Sonnenfinsternisse (mit Schwerpunkt Augsburg). Vertrieb: Intercon GmbH, Gablinger Weg 9, D-8615 Augsburg, Tel.: 0821-414081, Fax: 0821-414085] Bruno H. Buergel: Zum 50. Todestag des Potsdamer Astronomen und Schriftstellers. Potsdam: Astronomisches Zentrum "Bruno H. Buergel", Stadt- und Landesbibliothek Potsdam, 1998. 44 S., Broschur DM 3.00 + DM 2.00 Versand [Begleitheft zur gleichnamigen Ausstellung vom 8.7. - 1.8.1998 in der Stadt- und Landesbibliothek Potsdam. Mit Beitraegen ueber Buergel und das Astronomische Zentrum von Rolf Koenig und Arnold Zenkert, einer Buergel-Bibliographie sowie Auszuegen und Zitaten aus Buergels Werken. Vertrieb: Astronomisches Zentrum, Im Neuen Garten 6, D-14469 Potsdam, Tel.: 0331/2702724 oder 2702721, Fax: 0331/292447.] Helfricht, Juergen: Hexenmeister und Bauernastronomen in Sachsen. [Taucha]: Tauchaer Verlag, 1999. 80 S., 7,6 x 10,7 cm, 19 Abb., ISBN 3-910074-97-9, Geb. 16,80 DM (Tatsachen ; Nr. 14) [Ueber Nikolaus Schmidt[-Kuenzel], Christoph Arnold, Johannes Ludewig, Peter Anich, Christian Gaertner und Johann Georg Palitzsch.] Ince, Martin: Dictionary of astronomy. Teddington: Peter Collins Publishing, 1997. ii, 195 p., 21.5 x 13 cm, ISBN 0-948549-43-2, GBP 10.95 (pb) [About 1500 entries, a substantial number of which are biographical notes; "lacks focus and authority" (J. Mitton); "I have the feeling that is has been written by someone who does not have a deep knowledge of astronomy" (R.M.Catchpole).] Rezension: J.Mitton: J. Brit. Astron. Assoc. 107 (1997) 5, 289 Rezension: R.M.Catchpole: The Observatory 118 (1998) 1143, 112-113 Karrow, Robert W.: Mapmakers of the Sixteenth century and their maps. Chicago: Speculum Orbis Press for the Newberry Library, 1993. xxx, 846 p., $ 110.00 [Includes complete annotated bibliographies of all publications (and not just maps) for astronomers such as Peter Apian, Philipp Apian, Oronce Fine, Gemma Frisius and Bartholomaeus Scultetus, and many others.] Keszthelyi, Sandor: Magyarorszag naporai. A rogzitett naporak katalogusa. Budapest: Magyar Csillagaszati Egyesulet, 1998. 128 p., 14.5 x 20 cm, Abb., Lit., ISBN 963-03-5048-3 [Katalog der ortsfesten Sonnenuhren in Ungarn. In Ungarisch.] Mazal, Otto: Die Sternenwelt des Mittelalters. Graz: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1993. 144 S., Abb., 21 x 30 cm, ISBN 3-201-01590-3, Ln DM 185,- [Ueber kulturelle und biblische Hintergruende der Astrologie. Inhalt: Der Kosmos des Mittelalters. Die Sterne und das Goettliche. Die Sphaerenharmonie der Planeten. Sternbilder und Sternsagen. Die Macht der Sterne. Der Rhythmus des Lebens.] Novikov, Igor D.: The river of time. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. 275 p., ISBN 0-521-46177-4, GBP 30.00 (hb); ISBN 0-521-46737-3, GBP 9.95 (pb) ["This book is a popular-level introduction to some of the most exciting recent work in modern physics [and astronomy], and especially developments in the concept of time. ... A particular enjoyable aspect of this book is the large number of personal anecdotes about other leading researchers in the field, especially in the former USSR." (Ian Crawford)] Rezension: I.Crawford: The Observatory 119 (1999) 1149, 97-98 Pfitzner, Elvira: Die astronomischen Beobachtungen des Geistlichen Georg Samuel Doerffel 1643 - 1688. Weissbach: Beier & Beran. Archaeologische Fachliteratur, 1998. 55 S., 21 x 29.5 cm, ISBN 3-930036-32-0, Broschur DM 15.00 Schenkel, Peter Michael: Johannes Kepler, Gesammelte Werke. Register zu Band XIII, Briefe 1590 - 1599. Muenchen: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1999. 40 S. (Berichte der Keplerkommission ; Heft 10) Schmeidler, Felix: Kommentar zu "De revolutionibus". Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1998. X, 209 S., 20.5 x 30 cm, ISBN 3-05-003123-9, Geb. DM 298.00 (Nicolaus Copernicus Gesamtausgabe. Hrsg. von Heribert M. Nobis und Menso Folkerts. Bd. III/1) [Erklaerungen fuer den heutigen Leser zu Geschichte, Edition und Inhalt des Hauptwerkes von Copernicus.] Schroeder, Wilfried: Naturwissenschaft und Religion. Bremen-Roennebeck: Science edition, 1999. 68 S., 2 Abb., Broschur DM 14.00 [Am Beispiel von Max Planck und Werner Heisenberg. Vertrieb: W.Schroeder, Science Edition, Hechelstr. 8, D-28777 Bremen-Roennebeck] Schwarz, Oliver; Hopf, Cornelia; Stein, Hans: Quellen zur Astronomie in der Forschungs- und Landesbibliothek Gotha unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung der Gothaer Sternwarten. Gotha: Forschungs- und Landesbibliothek, 1998. 119 S., 14.5 x 21 cm, 10 teils farb. Abb., ISBN 3-910027-13-X, Broschur DM 18.00 (Veroeffentlichungen der Forschungs- und Landesbibliothek Gotha ; H. 36) [Verzeichnis der archivalischen Bestaende der Bibliothek zur Astronomie, einschliesslich abendlaendischer (u.a. von Tycho Brahe, Georg von Peuerbach, Johannes Carion und Hevelius) und orientalischer Handschriften. Vertrieb: Forschungs- und Landesbibliothek Gotha, Postfach 30, D-99851 Gotha.] Shimony, Abner: Tibaldo and the hole in the calendar. New York: Copernicus / Springer-Verlag, 1998. 165 p., ISBN 0-387-94935-6, $ 21.00 (hb) [Juvenile book on the Gregorian calendar reform. Selected for The Scientific American Young Readers Book Award (1998).] Rezension: N.D.Mermin: Phys. Today 51 (1998) 6, 63 Rezension: P.Morrison: Sci. Amer. 279 (1998) 6, 87-88 Solomey, Nickolas: The elusive neutrino - a subatomic detective story. New York: W.H.Freeman and Co., 1997. 206 p., 24 x 22.5 cm, ISBN 0-716-75080-5, $ 34.95 (hb) (Scientific American Library) ["The story of the neutrino is told in a semi-historical way, but with concepts introduced as they are needed rather than waiting for the chronology to be correct ..." (Barry Kent)] Rezension: B.Kent: The Observatory 118 (1998) 1142, 44-45 Swerdlow, Noel M.: The Babylonian theory of planets. Princeton (New Jersey, USA): Princeton University Press, 1998. xv, 246 p., 24 x 16 cm, ISBN 0-691-01196-6, GBP 27.50 (hb) Rezension: J.H.Rogers: J. Brit. Astron. Assoc. 108 (1998) 4, 226-227 Rezension: L.J.Fatoohi: The Observatory 118 (1998) 1147, 383 Willey, R.R.: The Tucson Meteorites: their history from frontier Arizona to the Smithsonian. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1997. 47 p., 28 x 22 cm, ISBN 0-816-51816-5, $ 10.95 (pb) Rezension: R.Hutchison: The Observatory 118 (1998) 1145, 233-234 Yau, Kevin K.C.; Stephenson, F. Richard; Willis, David M.: A catalogue of auroral observations from China, Korea and Japan (193 B.C. - A.D. 1770). Chilton (UK): Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, 1995. IV, 82 p. (RAL-TR-95-073 (ISSN 1358-6254)) ........................................................................... Danksagung ---------- Fuer Informationen sei gedankt: Silke Ackermann, Frank Baier, Lajos Bartha, Volker Bialas, Wolfgang Czegka, David DeVorkin, Juergen Helfricht, Dieter B. Herrmann, Peter D. Hingley, Inge und Karl-August Keil, Sandor Keszthelyi, Rolf Koenig, Elvira Pfitzner, Felix Schmeidler, Wilfried Schroeder, Oliver Schwarz, Vera L. Staerman. ........................................................................... Impressum --------- Elektronische Mitteilungen zur Astronomiegeschichte (EMA) Herausgegeben vom Arbeitskreis Astronomiegeschichte in der Astronomischen Gesellschaft Redaktion: Dr. Wolfgang R. Dick Alle nicht namentlich gekennzeichneten Mitteilungen sind redaktionelle Beitraege. 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