History of Astronomy : What's new

History of Astronomy:
What's new at this site on June 14, 1999

Welcome / About

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

General

• Planet S: History

Persons

• B
  • Bürg, Johann Tobias (1766-1835)
    • Very short biography (Or see German version.)
• C
  • Cassini, Gian Domenico [Giovanni Domenico; Jean Dominique] [Cassini I] (1625-1712)
    • Short biography and references (Or see German version.)
  • Celsius, Anders (1701-1744)
    • Short biography and references (Or see German version.)
• D
  • Daublebsky von Sterneck, Robert von (1839-1910)
    • Short biography and references (Or see German version.)
  • Desing, Anselm (1699-1772)
    • Very short biography and reference (Or see German version.)
  • Dolezal, Erich (1902-1990)
    • Very short biography (Or see German version.)
• F
  • Ferrari d'Occhieppo, Konradin (b. 1907)
    • Very short biography (Or see German version.)
  • Fixlmüller [Fixlmillner], Placidus (1721-1791)
    • Very short biography and reference (Or see German version.)
  • Franz, Joseph (1704-1776)
    • Very short biography (Or see German version.)
  • Friedrich III. (1415-1493)
    • Short biography and references (Or see German version.)
• G
  • Goodricke, John (1764-1786)
    • Short biography and references (Or see German version.)
    • Short biography and reference
    • Goodricke College, University of York, UK
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  • Graff, Kasimir Romuald (1878-1950)
    • Very short biography and reference (Or see German version.)
  • Grueber, Johannes (1623-1680)
    • Very short biography and reference (Or see German version.)
• H
  • Hagen, Johann Georg (1847-1930)
    • Very short biography (Or see German version.)
  • Haller von Hallerstein, Augustin (1703-1774)
    • Very short biography (Or see German version.)
  • Hepperger, Josef von, zu Tirschtenberg und Hoffensthal (1855-1928)
    • Sehr kurze Biographie und Literaturhinweise
  • Hermann von Kärnten [Hermann der Slawe; Engl. Hermann of Carinthia; Hermann the Slav] (fl. first half 12th c.)
    • Very short biography and references (Or see German version.)
  • Herr, Josef Philipp (1819-1884)
    • Very short biography (Or see German version.)
  • Herz, Norbert (1858-1927)
    • Very short biography and reference (Or see German version.)
  • Hillebrand, Karl (1861-1939)
    • Very short biography and reference (Or see German version.)
  • Holetschek, Johann (1846-1923)
    • Very short biography and references (Or see German version.)
  • Hopfner, Friedrich (1881-1949)
    • Very short biography and references (Or see German version.)
  • Huygens, Christiaan (1629-1695)
    • Short biography and references (Or see German version.)
• J
  • Jelinek, Carl (1822-1876)
    • Very short biography and references (Or see German version.)
  • Johannes von Gmunden [Johannes von Gmünd; Engl. John of Gmunden] (c.1380/84-1442)
    • Very short biography and references (Or see German version.)
• K
  • Koffler, Andreas (1603-1651)
    • Very short biography (Or see German version.)
  • Kuffner, Moriz von (1854-1939)
    • Very short biography and reference (Or see German version.)
• L
  • Liesganig, Joseph (1719-1799)
    • Very short biography and reference (Or see German version.)
  • Littrow, Joseph Johann (1781-1840)
    • Very short biography and reference (Or see German version.)
  • Littrow, Karl Ludwig von (1811-1877)
    • Very short biography and references (Or see German version.)
• M
  • Mach, Ernst (1838-1916)
    • Very short biography and references (Or see German version.)
  • Marinoni, Johann Jakob [von] (1676-1755)
    • Very short biography and reference (Or see German version.)
• N
  • Neumann, Franz von (1844-1905)
    • Very short biography and reference (Or see German version.)
• O
  • Oppolzer, Theodor von (1841-1886)
    • Very short biography and reference (Or see German version.)
• P
  • Palisa, Johann (1848-1925)
    • Very short biography and reference (Or see German version.)
  • Paracelsus [Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim] (ca. 1493 - 1541)
    • Short biography and references (Or see German version.)
  • Peurbach [Peuerbach, Purbach], Georg von (1423-1461)
    • Very short biography (Or see German version.)
  • Potocnik, Herman (1892-1929)
    • Very short biography and reference (Or see German version.)
• R
  • Rasch, Johann (ca.1540-1615)
    • Very short biography (Or see German version.)
  • Regiomontanus [Müller, Johann or Johannes] (1436-1476)
    • Very short biography and references (Or see German version.)
  • Rudolf II (1552-1612)
    • Very short biography and reference (Or see German version.)
• S
  • Scheiner, Christoph (1573-1650)
    • Short biography and references (Or see German version.)
  • Schrödinger, Erwin (1887-1961)
    • Short biography and references (Or see German version.)
    • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1933
      Including a short biography.
    • Britannica Online entries
• T
  • Thomas, Oswald (1882-1963)
    • Very short biography (Or see German version.)
  • Tieffenthaler, Josef (1710-1785)
    • Very short biography (Or see German version.)
• V
  • Valier, Max (1895-1930)
    • Very short biography (Or see German version.)
• W
  • Weiß [Weiss], Edmund (1837-1917)
    • Very short biography (Or see German version.)
• Index of all persons from A to Z (updated)
• More biographies / Sources and other lists
  • Biographies (in French)
    French books on astronomers.
  • Planet S: Famous Scientists (See also Astronomers)

Items

• Archaeoastronomy, Ancient Astronomy and Ethnoastronomy
  • Egyptians, Dogons, and Sirius: a summary, by Bernard Ortiz de Montellano
  • Rongorongo: The Easter Island Tablets, by Jacques B.M. Guy
• Astrology, Mythology, Religion, etc.
  • The Book of Henoch (Ethiopic)
    Including astronomy. From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913.
  • Book of Jubilees
    Including astronomy. From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913.
  • Magi, by Walter Drum
    The "wise men from the East" who came to adore Jesus in Bethlehem. Including Magian astrology. From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913.
  • Mithraism, by J.C. Arendzen
    Including astronomy and astrology. From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913.
  • Science and the Church, by J.G. Hagen
    Including astronomy. From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Cosmology, Cosmogony, Gravity and Relativistic Astrophysics
  • Cosmogony
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Instruments
  • History of the Telescope
• Navigation
  • History of Navigation
• Solar System
  • A Catalogue of Meteorites and Fireballs, from A.D. 2 to A.D. 1860, by R.P. Greg
  • The UK and Eire Meteorite page, maintained by Eric Hutton

Publications

• General questions and bibliographies
  • Histoire de l'astronomie (in French)
    French history of astronomy books.
• Books
  • Herbst, Klaus-Dieter: Astronomie um 1700, 1999

IAU Commission 41 (History of Astronomy)

• Members (updated)
• Newsletter
  1997-2000 Triennium - June 1999 - Issue # 4

Working Group for the History of Astronomy

• Publications
  • Acta Historica Astronomiae
    • Vol. 4: Klaus-Dieter Herbst: Astronomie um 1700

Wolfgang R. Dick