History of Astronomy : What's new

History of Astronomy:
What's new at this site on May 16, 2000

Some URLs have been updated.

Welcome / About

• Site map (complete Table of Contents)
  updated
• Citation Index
  updated
• Acknowledgements
  updated

History of astronomy

General

• Links Relevant to the [History of Astronomy] Workshops

Observatories and other places

• Berlin, Germany
  • Vom Kalender-Patent zum Astrophysikalischen Institut Potsdam - eine Chronik (in German)
• Potsdam, Germany
  • Vom Kalender-Patent zum Astrophysikalischen Institut Potsdam - eine Chronik (in German)

Persons

• C
  • Cristannus de Prachaticz (before 1370-1439)
    • Short biography and research project
• M
  • McCrea, William Hunter (1904-1999)
    • Obituaries
• P
  • Pocock, Robert John (1889-1918)
    • Very short biography and paper
      See section "History of Astronomy".
• S
  • Schindel, Iohannes [Andreae, Iohannes] (fl. 14th-15th c.)
    • Very short biography and research project
  • Smith, Adam (1723-1790)
    • Very short biography
    • Very short biography and links
    • Was Adam Smith an Individualist?, by Andy Denis
      From: History of the Human Sciences Vol 12 No 3 (August 1999) pp 71-86. Also on Adam Smith' work on the history of astronomy.
• T
  • Tayler, Roger (1929-1997)
    • Obituary
  • Thompson, John (1720-1783)
    • John Thompson, English Philomath - A Question of Land Surveying and Astronomy, by Dana A. Freiburger

Museums, memorials, historical places and exhibits

• Berlin, Germany
  • Gedenkstätten für Astronomen in Berlin und Potsdam (in German)

Publications

• Books
  • 300 Jahre Astronomie in Berlin und Potsdam, 2000
• Journals
  • The ESO Messenger
    Postscript and Pdf versions starting from 1995.
  • Giornale di Astronomia
  • ORION

Meetings

• History of Astronomy Conference Calendar 2000 (updated)

Historians of astronomy

• Adams, Brian
  Including a list of recent publications
• Crowe, Michael J.
  Including a list of recent publications
• Dworetsky, Mike
• Fernie, J. Don (See also here.)
• Gooneratne, Sakura
• Hadravova, Alena
  Including a list of selected publications
• Heafner, Joe
• Ivanov, Konstantin V.
  Including a list of selected publications
• Keas, Michael Newton
  Including a list of publications
• Kidwell, Peggy
  Including a list of recent publications
• Nauenberg, Michael
  Including a list of recent publications
• Shanks, Sharon L. (See also here.)
  Including a list of publications
• Shea, James H.
• Steel, Duncan I.
  Including a list of recent publications
• Stewart, H. Bruce
• Taub, Liba
  Including a list of selected publications

History of science

Museums, memorials, historical places and exhibits

• Berlin, Germany
  • Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin
• Cruquius, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
  • Cruquius Museum

Working Group for the History of Astronomy

• Publications
  • Electronic newsletters
    • Electronic Newsletter for the History of Astronomy
      Number 41, May 16, 2000
  • Acta Historica Astronomiae
    • Vol. 8: 300 Jahre Astronomie in Berlin und Potsdam [300 years of astronomy in Berlin and Potsdam; with some excerpts and English abstracts.]

Wolfgang R. Dick