History of Astronomy : Publications

History of Astronomy: Publications: General questions and bibliographies

General questions

• Digitization of Historical Astronomical Literature
  Paper from LISA-II, ESO Garching, 10-12 May 1995
• Information und Kommunikation in Geschichte und Gegenwart, von Margarete Rehm (in German)
  Mit vielen Beispielen aus der Geschichte der Astronomie.

Bibliographies

• `1920 Great Debate' Bibliography
• The 19th Century Astronomy Book Home Page
• ADS Astronomy Abstract Service
  • Historical scans currently in the ADS
• Annotated Bibliography for Catastrophism: Astronomy, Archaeoastronomy, and Ethnoastronomy
• ARI Bibliographical Data Base for Astronomical References
• Asian Astrology Bibliography
• ASTR 103 - History of Astronomy References, Spring 1996
• Astronomical Papers Prepared For The Use Of The American Ephemeris And Nautical Almanac, 1882-1986
• Bibliographie zur Prä-Astronautik
  A mixture of "Ancient Astronauts" pseudo-science and some serious books. To be used with caution!
• A Bibliography of Collected Works of Mathematicians, by Steven W. Rockey and Michelle Paolillo
  Including astronomers
• Bibliography [on the sun in mythology, folklore, and popular culture]
• Bibliography of Selected Readings on Galileo's Telescope and Astronomical Observations
• Bibliography on the Evolution of Time Measurement
• Bibliography: Scholarship (Islamic science)
  Including history of astronomy.
• Bibliography - Wayfinding and Astronomy
• Books on archaeoastronomy
• Calendar Bibliography
• Canadian astronomy
• The Coast and Geodetic Survey Annual Reports 1844 - 1910 Bibliography
  There are also major papers on astronomy, meteorology, metrology, geographic exploration, photography, science policy and politics, mathematics, error analysis, and other fields.
• Eric's Treasure Trove of Scientific Books
  • Aeronautics and Astronautics
    • Biography
    • Space History
  • Astronomy History
  • Timekeeping
• Galileo Project Bibliography
• Gnomon Online - Bibliographische Datenbank (in German, entries in different languages)
  Internationales Informationssystem für die Klassische Altertumswissenschaft. Auswahl aus der Gnomon CD-ROM 1998. Bibliographical database for studies of classical antiquities. Selection from CD-ROM 1998.
  • Thesaurusanzeige "Wissenschaft und Technik" [Keywords for "Science and technology]
    • Astrologie [Astrology]
    • Astronomie [Astronomy]
    • Zeitmessung [Time measurement]
• Histoire de l'astronomie (in French)
  French history of astronomy books.
• History of mathematics: BSHM abstracts
  Contributions to the history of mathematics and its use since 1991, including history of astronomy
• Index to the Bibliographic Meteor Database
  • Biographies and Bibliographies
  • History
• Jesuits and the Sciences, 1540-1995: Bibliography
• Korean History: A Bibliography: Scientific Matters: Astronomy
• Lick Observatory History Series
• Math Bibliography
  Including history of astronomy books.
• Mathematical BBS
  • Astronomy
    • Astronomers A-Z
    • History of astronomy
• Minor Planet Index to Scientific Papers
• Name Index to Sky and Telescope by Kevin Krisciunas (Or see mirror at this site.)
• NASA History: Bibliographic Essay
• The NASA History Series
• NASA History Series Titles
• NASA History Series: What's New
• Palomar Observatory: Bibliography
• Physics and Astronomy History - References (23 Oct 2000: disappeared?)
• Readings on Women's Contributions to Stellar and Galactic Astronomy, edited by Kristine Larsen
• Recent Publications in History of Physics: Books
  Including history of astronomy
• Recent Publications of Interest
  A section of: AIP Center for History of Physics Newsletters; including history of astronomy publications
  • Fall 1994
  • Spring 1995
  • Fall 1995
  • Spring 1996
  • Fall 1996
• Recent Publications Relating to the History of Astronomy, by Ruth Freitag
  The most comprehensive bibliographies in history of astronomy.
• Research Sources for [History of] Astrology, by Lester J. Ness
• The Space Book Board
  A small bibliographical data base for astronomy and astronautics
  • History of Astronautics Index
• Scientific Instrument Commission Bibliography
  Including many publications on astronomical instruments.
• Vultus Uraniae: Illustrations from the Library of the Department of Astronomy, University of Bologna
  A virtual exhibition (and bibliography) about Urania, the Muse of Astronomy
• Women in Astronomy, by Jean Louis Trudel
  A bibliography

For biobibliographies see History of Astronomy: Persons.

For personal bibliographies of historians of astronomy see History of Astronomy: Historians.

Lists of new history of astronomy books are included in the Electronic newsletters for the history of astronomy.

See also the other sections of History of Astronomy: Publications and see History of Science: Publications.

Many other documents at this site as well as documents to be found by links contain more or less extended bibliographies or at least some references.

Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 12 Mar 1997. Latest update: 8 July 2004