History of Astronomy : What's new

History of Astronomy:
What's new at this site on August 14, 2001

Welcome / About

• Site map (complete Table of Contents)
  updated

History of astronomy

Persons

• D
  • Delbrück, Max (1906-1981)
    • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1969
      Including a short biography
• H
  • Herzberg, Gerhard (1904-1999)
    • Obituary
• L
  • Lee, Tsung-Dao (b. 1926)
    • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1957
      Including a short biography
• R
  • Ramsey, Norman F. (b. 1915)
    • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1989
      Including an autobiography
    • Works (ADS entries)
• S
  • Scheiner, Julius (1858-1913)
    • Obituary (in German)
      From: VJS AG 49 (1914), p. 22-36
    • Very short biography (in French)
    • Find more about J.Scheiner with Google
• W
  • Weinberg, Steven (b. 1933)
    • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1979
      Including an autobiography
• Index of all persons from A to Z (updated)
• More biographies / Sources and other lists
  • Britannica.com
    Articles from Encyclopaedia Britannica and other sources, including many biographies of astronomers.
  • xrefer
    Free access to over 50 reference titles containing more than 500,000 entries, including short biographies of astronomers.

Publications

• Books
  • Brosche, Peter: Der Astronom der Herzogin - Franz Xaver von Zach, 2001
• Journals
  • Mitteilungen zur Astronomiegeschichte
    All but the latest issues are available online as PDF files.
  • Astronomische Gesellschaft Abstract Series

Meetings

• Anfänge, Kontinuität und Umbrüche in der Meteorologie, Meeresforschung, Astronomie und Meeresnutzung
  September 29, 2001, Hamburg, Germany
• History of Astronomy Conference Calendar 2001 (updated)

Working Group for the History of Astronomy

• Meetings (updated)
  • European Astronomy in the 20th Century (updated - preliminary program now available)
    Munich, September 14-15, 2001 (during JENAM-2001)
  • Anfänge, Kontinuität und Umbrüche in der Meteorologie, Meeresforschung, Astronomie und Meeresnutzung
    Hamburg, September 29, 2001
• Publications (updated)
  • Mitteilungen zur Astronomiegeschichte
    • Nr. 1, Dezember 1992
    • Nr. 2, Juni 1993
    • Nr. 3, Dezember 1993
    • Nr. 4, Juni 1994
    • Nr. 5, Dezember 1994
    • Nr. 6, Juni 1995
    • Nr. 7, Dezember 1995
    • Nr. 8, Juni 1996
    • Nr. 9, Januar 1997
    • Nr. 10, Juni 1997
    • Nr. 11, Dezember 1997
    • Nr. 12, Juni 1998
    • Nr. 13, Dezember 1998
    • Nr. 14, Juli 1999
    • Nr. 15, Dezember 1999
    • Nr. 16, Juni 2000
    • Nr. 17, Januar 2001
  • Acta Historica Astronomiae
    • Vol. 12: Peter Brosche: Der Astronom der Herzogin - Franz Xaver von Zach
      • Inhaltsverzeichnis
      • Einleitung

Wolfgang R. Dick