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Article by Owen Gingerich explores refinement and criticism of Ptolemaic astronomy, including
religious influences on direction, and describes precursors to and influences on Copernicus.
http://users.kfupm.edu.sa/phys/alshukri/PHYS215/Islamic%20astronomy.htm
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Heavenly Mathematics: Cultural Astronomy
An interdisciplinary course on cultural astronomy.
http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/heavenly.html
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The Society For The History Of Astronomy
Academic and popular topics, with a focus on Britain.
http://www.shastro.org.uk/
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History of Astronomy
Offers a history of the field and science. Features links to related sites, awards and contact
details. Provided by the Working Group for the History of Astronomy.
http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/astoria.html
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Little Green Men, White Dwarfs or Pulsars?
A personal account by Jocelyn Bell Burnell on the discovery of pulsars.
http://www.bigear.org/vol1no1/burnell.htm
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Roemer and the First Determination of the Velocity of Light
Burndy Library online publication of 1940 article detailing the background and details of Roemer's
work.
http://dibinst.mit.edu/BURNDY/OnlinePubs/Roemer/index.html
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History of SETI
An overview of the history of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
http://www.seti-inst.edu/seti/seti_background/Welcome.html
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Starry Messenger
Phase I of the Electronic History of Astronomy, developed in the Whipple Museum of the History of
Science at Trinity College, Cambridge. Covers the history of instruments and techniques, themes
such as astrology and calendar reform, and biographies of major historical astronomers.
http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/starrymessenger.html
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Big Ear Radio Observatory
Radio astronomy and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
http://www.bigear.org/
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Understanding Tidal Friction
Article by Peter Brosche on gaining understanding of changes in the Moon's orbit.
http://www.tribunes.com/tribune/art98/bros.htm
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X-ray Astronomy at Goddard
Describes observations using balloons, rockets and satellites.
http://lhea.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/xray/history.html
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Tycho's Star Maps
Celestial atlases and globes on exhibit at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server.php?request=setTemplate:singlecontent&contentTypeA=conWebDoc&am....
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HASTRO-L
Archive of the History of Astronomy Discussion Group, the mailing list for scholars in this field.
http://listserv.wvu.edu/archives/hastro-l.html
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Astronomical References in the Ruba'iyât of Omar Khayyam
Excerpts and commentary with reproductions of some of Elihu Vedder's illustrations.
http://www.minaret.org/INSAP3.htm
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Astronomy
Features history of discoveries and references.
http://jacq.istos.com.au/sundry/astro.html
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Linda Hall Library
An exhibit of 15th through 19th century celestial atlases, and an exhibit of pictures of the moon
from Galileo to Apollo.
http://www.lindahall.org/pubserv/hos/onlineexhibits.htm
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Digital Archive of Historical Astronomy Pictures
Images from the history of astronomy, old telescopes, pictures of astronomers, observatories.
http://www42.pair.com/infolund/bolaget/DAHAP/
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This Month in the History of Astronomy
Short descriptions of important discoveries, events, and birthdays sorted by month.
http://astro.martianbachelor.com/TMITHOA/
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Historiacoelestis
Yahoo group moderated by Stuart Williams, F.R.A.S.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/historiacoelestis/
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The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
Robert Woodrow Wilson Nobel Lecture.
http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1978/wilson-lecture.html
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Russell A. Hulse - Nobel Lecture
The discovery of the binary pulsar.
http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1993/hulse-lecture.html
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Atlas Celeste
A rare celestial atlas discovered in the library of the Manchester Astronomical Society.
http://www.u-net.com/ph/mas/bevis/home.htm
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The Manchester Astronomical Society History
The first hundred years, list of presidents, list of archived documents.
http://www.u-net.com/ph/mas/history.htm
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Astronomy in Sweden 1860-1940
From the Uppsala University Newsletter for History of Science.
http://www.vethist.idehist.uu.se/english/newsletter/astronomy.html
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The Babylonian Theory of the Planets
A substantial look at the subject, and a review of N. M. Swerdlow's book.
http://www.maa.org/reviews/babplanets.html
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From Stargazers to Starships
Tutorial/historical exposition of the motion of Earth in space, Newtonian mechanics and
spaceflight, on a high school level.
http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Sintro.htm
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Biennial History of Astronomy Conferences
Workshops at Notre Dame, papers presented, abstracts, group pictures of attendees.
http://www.nd.edu/~histast4/index.html
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Electronic Newsletter for the History of Astronomy
Complete archive and subscription information.
http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/aa/enha/
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A Science Odyssey - Physics and Astronomy
PBS articles about 20th century astronomy and physics.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/physastro.html
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A Brief SETI Chronology
A timeline of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, from Morrison and Coconni to SETI@home.
http://www.setileague.org/general/history.htm
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Historical Astronomy Division
American Astronomical Society division devoted to history, with a link to pages on the history of
the society itself.
http://www.aas.org/~had/had.html
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History of Astronomy Pages
Frederik Kaiser (1808-1872) and the professionalisation of Dutch astronomy; The "Lost
Letters" of J.C. Kapteyn (1851-1922); Many history of astronomy and history of science links
with a Dutch flavour.
http://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/~heijden/history.html
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History of Astronomy in Ancient India
Eclipse calculation, heliocentric theory, size of the world.
http://india.coolatlanta.com/GreatPages/sudheer/astro.html
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Hindu Cosmological Time Cycles
An accurate calendar and the progenitor of the sexagesimal (base 60) "degree, minutes,
seconds" measurement system.
http://www.aaronsrod.com/time-cycles/index.html
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Rundetaarn (The Round Tower)
Astronomy in Denmark: Brahe, Roemer, Hertzsprung.
http://www.rundetaarn.dk/engelsk/observatorium/history.htm
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Northern California History of Astronomy Luncheon and Discussion Association
Announcements of discussions (in Oakland, California), open to the public, on various astronomy
history topics, and an archive of past discussions
http://nchalada.org/
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The Star of Bethlehem
An investigation of the science and history which bear on the mysterious star said to have
accompanied the advent of Christ.
http://www.bethlehemstar.net/
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Astronomy in Japan
Historical and modern Japanese astronomy, and its place in Japanese culture
http://www2.gol.com/users/stever/jastro.html
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The Àryabhatíya of Àryabhata
The oldest exact astronomic constant? The ratio of earth rotations to lunar orbits in Aryabhata's
AD 498 writing.
http://www.jqjacobs.net/astro/aryabhata.html
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Jewish Astronomy, From Ancient to Modern Times
Astronomy in Israel from Og's Circle to the Wise Observatory.
http://wise-obs.tau.ac.il/judaism/jewish_astro.html
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History and Philosophy of Western Astronomy
The History chapter of an introductory astronomy course.
http://www.astronomynotes.com/history/s1.htm
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Harmonia Macrocosmica by Andreas Cellarius
Atlas of the heavens as seen by the astronomers of the time of its 1661 printing: Copernicus,
Ptolemy, Brahe, and Aratus. Entire book has been digitized and the images may be browsed or
searched.
http://www.lib.utah.edu/digital/cellarius.html
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