History of Astronomy

History of Science: General items related to the history of astronomy

Instruments

• IMSS - Scientific Instruments Catalogue
• Scientific and Medical Antique Collecting Guide
  Information on organizations, periodicals, books, dealers, and other sources of information for scientific and medical antiquities (including antique telescopes)

Religion and Science

• Collegio Romano (Jesuit seminary)
• Congregation of the Index
• Inquisition
• Jesuits and the Sciences, 1600-1800

Women in Science and Technology

• 4000 Years of Women in Science
• Archives of Women in Science and Engineering
• Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering
• Women in Sciences and Engineering
• History of Women in Science & Technology -- References
• The History of Women and Science, Health, and Technology: A Bibliographic Guide
  Including Astronomy. A searchable Gopher server. Type in "astronomy" at the search page to find references for women in astronomy. Online text of: Weisbard, Phyllis Holman, and Apple, Rima D (Eds.). The History of Women and Science, Health, and Technology: A Bibliographic Guide to the Professions and the Disciplines. 2nd Edition, University of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Librarian, Madison, WI, 1993.
  Also available at this site
• Women & Science: Issues & Resources Bibliography
• History of women at Caltech

Other items

• The Nobel Prize Internet Archive
• Nobel Prizes
• The Nobel Prize in Physics
• National Academy of Science [of the USA]: Awards
• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Bibliometrics, Scientometrics & Informetrics
• Information and Technology in the Holocaust by Robert S. Leventhal
  Mentions the Hollerith Machine also used in astronomy

For history of science in different countries and regions see Institutions and geographic places.

Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 16 Jan 1995. Latest update: 25 Apr 2000