|
|
|
web directory
|
 |
Search Resources |
 |
|
 |
History
|
 |
|
Sponsored Links
|
|
-
Buy books at Amazon.com and save. Qualified orders over $25 ship free.
-
Search Community Services between 1 and 50 Miles of Your Area.
-
Find and Compare prices on History Of Astronomy Books at Smarter.com.
-
Neil degrasse Tyson Discusses Love of Science & His Gift To The Field.
-
Your Online Education Guide; Online Astronomy Course.
-
Astronomers - Memorise constellation positions! Speed up star hopping.
|
28 sites in History
|
|
-
Article by Heather Hobden on this historic document which shows the understanding of astronomy in the mid 16th century. Edward had his own astronomical instruments which are described.
-
An overview of the history of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence using radio frequencies. Includes photos.
-
An accurate calendar and the progenitor of the sexagesimal (base 60) "degree, minutes, seconds" measurement system.
-
Describes observations using balloons, rockets and satellites.
-
Robert Woodrow Wilson Nobel Lecture.
-
The discovery of the binary pulsar.
-
A rare celestial atlas discovered in the library of the Manchester Astronomical Society.
-
Articles on astronomers, observatories, work performed and its significance from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries.
-
An interdisciplinary course on cultural 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.
-
Burndy Library online publication of 1940 article detailing the background and details of Roemer's work.
-
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.
-
Article by Peter Brosche on gaining understanding of changes in the Moon's orbit.
-
Celestial atlases and globes on exhibit at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
-
Excerpts and commentary with reproductions of some of Elihu Vedder's illustrations.
-
Features history of discoveries and references.
-
Yahoo group moderated by Stuart Williams, F.R.A.S.
-
A substantial look at the subject, and a review of N. M. Swerdlow's book.
-
Workshops at Notre Dame, papers presented, abstracts, group pictures of attendees.
-
Complete archive and subscription information.
-
A timeline of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, from Morrison and Coconni to SETI@home.
-
American Astronomical Society division devoted to history, with a link to pages on the history of the society itself.
-
Astronomy in Denmark: Brahe, Roemer, Hertzsprung.
-
Announcements of discussions (in Oakland, California), open to the public, on various astronomy history topics, and an archive of past discussions
-
The oldest exact astronomic constant? The ratio of earth rotations to lunar orbits in Aryabhata's AD 498 writing.
-
The History chapter of an introductory astronomy course.
-
An exhibition of rare books from the collection of the Linda Hall Library.
-
Covers the development of this ancient science from days of Stonehenge (3100 BC) to the discovery of Pulsars (1968 AD).
|
|
|
|
