History of Astronomy : What's new

History of Astronomy:
What's new at this site on December 21, 1999

Some URLs have been updated.

Welcome / About

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

History of astronomy

Observatories and other places

• Marseille, France
  • Patrimoine et histoire de l'Observatoire de Marseille (in English and French)
    Groupe Patrimoine / History / Old Instruments / Archives / Old Books
• Montpellier, France
  • Trois Siècles d'Astronomie à Montpellier (in French)

Persons

• A
  • Abbe, Cleveland (1838-1916)
    • Very short biography
  • Abbe, Ernst (1840-1905)
    • Very short biography
  • Abbot, Charles Greeley (1872-1973)
    • Very short biography
  • Adams, John Couch (1819-1892)
    • Very short biography
  • Ailly, Pierre d' [Aliacensis; Petrus de Allaco] (1350-c.1420)
    • Very short biography and references
  • Airy, George Biddell (1801-1892)
    • Very short biography and reference
  • al-Battani, Abu Allah [Abdallah] Mohammad ibn Jabir [Albategnius] (c.868-929)
    • Very short biography
  • al-Biruni, Abu Raihan (973-1048)
    • Very short biography
  • al-Farghani [al Fargani], Muhammed Ebn Ketir [Achmed Ibn Ketir; Alfraganus] (? - c. 840)
    • Very short biography
  • Albumazar [Abu Mashar; Abu-Mashar; Abu Maschar] (787-885)
    • Very short biography
  • Amici, Giovanni Battista (1786-1868)
    • Very short biography
  • Anaximander of Miletus (611 BC - 547 BC)
    • Short biography and references
  • Arago, Dominique François Jean (1786-1853)
    • Very short biography
  • Argelander, Friedrich Wilhelm August (1799-1875)
    • Very short biography
  • Aristarchus [Aristarchos] of Samos (310 BC - 230 BC)
    • Very short biography and reference
  • Aristotle [Aristoteles] of Stagira (384 BC - 322 BC)
    • Short biography and references
  • Aryabhata the Elder (476-550(499?))
    • Very short biography
  • Asimov, Isaac (1920-1992)
    • Very short biography and references
  • Autolycus of Pitane [Autolykos aus Pitane] (c. 360 BC - c. 290 BC)
    • Very short biography

Items

• Eclipses
  • 1000 Years Catalog of Europe's Total Solar Eclipses
    Formerly: "Historische Sonnenfinsternisse im deutschsprachigen Raum". Now available in English.

Archives and libraries

Cambridge, Mass., USA
• Burndy Library, Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology
  Holdds a large number of history of astronomy books. With searchable catalogue.
• Marseille, France
  • Patrimoine et histoire de l'Observatoire de Marseille (in English and French)
    Groupe Patrimoine / History / Old Instruments / Archives / Old Books

Research and graduate institutes and departments

• Cambridge, Mass., USA
  • Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology
    Including research in history of astronomy.

Societies

• Olbers-Gesellschaft e.V. Bremen (now also in English)

Historians of astronomy

• Firneis, Maria G.
• Hennig, Jochen
• Rappenglück, Michael A.
  Including a list of publications
• Schnell, Anneliese
• Staubermann, Klaus B.
• Wuchterl, Günther

History of science

Museums, memorials, historical places and exhibits

• Diversity and Order: French Science in Print, 1600-1740
  Cambridge, Mass., USA, Spring 1999

Publications

• News from the Burndy Library
  Recent issues available also online.

Working Group for the History of Astronomy

• Publications
  • Electronic newsletters
    • Electronic Newsletter for the History of Astronomy
      Number 39, December 21, 1999

Wolfgang R. Dick