History of Astronomy and Astrophysics| History of Astronomy and Astrophysics |
In General
@ References: Kuhn 57;
Pannekoek 61;
Sagan PT(74)dec;
Gingerich ed-84;
Herrmann 84;
Ashbrook 84;
Gingerich 92,
93;
Leverington 95;
Motz & Weaver 95;
Lankford 97;
Zimmerman 00;
Leopardi & Hack 02;
Hawkins 02 [and civilization];
Trimble IJMPD(08) [mistakes and reaching consensus];
Dick 13 [discovery and classification];
Leverington 13 [encyclopedia];
Naze Az-a1506
[examples of interaction between theory and observation];
Hockey 07 [Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers].
@ Astrophysics:
Schücking PT(89)aug [first Texas meeting];
Harwit PT(03)nov;
Celnikier 06 [nuclear astrophysics];
Trimble et al PASP(06)ap [2005];
Trimble et al SSR(07)-a0705 [2006];
Cirkel-Bartelt LRR(08) [astroparticle physics];
Salpeter PASA(08)-a0711 [nuclear, before 1957];
Yakovlev et al PU(13)-a1210 [Lev Landau and neutron stars];
Gottstein EPJH(16)-a1609 [source of solar energy, 1840-1910];
Bonolis EPJH(17)-a1703 [stellar structure and compact objects before 1940];
> s.a. astrophysics [astroparticle physics];
history of gravitational physics [black holes].
@ And cosmology: North 08;
Smolinski 17 [I].
@ Personal accounts: Giacconi 08.
Early Astronomy
@ General references:
Thurston 94;
Aveni 95; Ruggles PoS-a1010 [modern astronomy and "indigenous cosmologies"];
Kelley & Milone 11 [ancient and cultural astronomy];
Brosch a1103-conf [archeoastronomy];
Lee et al a2008-proc
[including indigenous astronomy in the planetarium setting];
Protte & Hoffmann a2008 [accuracy of pre-telescopic magnitudes].
@ Egyptian: Magli a0708 [pyramids of Giza];
Novaković a0801 [Senenmut];
Magli MAA-a0903 [4th and 5th dynasties],
in(10)-a0911 [Saqqara pyramids].
@ Greek: Aristotle Meteorologia [comets, meteors, Milky Way, ...];
Thurston Isis(02);
Schaefer SA(06)nov [origin of constellations];
Antonello a1606 ['practical' vs 'theoretical' astronomy];
Hoffmann MAA(18)-a2006 [Hipparchus' globe].
@ Babylonians: Gurzadyan Akk(00)phy/03,
S&T(00)phy/03 [chronology];
Ossendrijver 12 [Procedure Texts].
@ Inca: Magli NNJ(05)phy/04;
Laurencich-Minelli & Magli Arch(09)-a0801;
Magli NNJ-a0904
[new interpretation of Machu Picchu].
@ Other American astronomy: Aveni PT(84)jun [pre-Columbian America];
Sparavigna AAT-a1210 [Maria Reiche's work on the Nazca Lines, Peruvian geoglyphs];
Sequera & Gangui a1408 [representations of the sky among the Tomárãho in Paraguay];
Loeb a1608 [Mayan];
Gangui et al a1905-conf [northern Chile];
Lee et al IJSS-a2009 [Native Americans].
@ Indian:
Kak in(00)phy/01;
Rudra PT(I)-a0903;
Rao et al JAHH-a1112
[megalithic monument 'Nilurallu' at Murardoddi];
Vahia & Halkare JAHH-a1306 [Gond community];
Vahia & Menon JAHH-a1310 [Harappan Civilization];
Vahia et al JAHH-a1406 [two Indian tribes: Banjaras and Kolams];
Vahia et al a1702 [Cholanaikkan tribe of Kerala].
@ Aboriginal Australians: Norris & Hamacher IAU(09)-a0906,
RAR-a1009;
Hamacher & Norris JAHH-a1010;
Hamacher & Frew JAHH-a1010 [XIX century eruption of eta Car];
Hamacher et al AA-a1209 [Aboriginal linear stone arrangements in New South Wales];
Norris & Hamacher en(13)-a1306 [rev];
Fuller et al a1311 [Kamilaroi people and their neighbors];
Hamacher a1408,
en(14)-a1409,
a1503 [meteoritic events and oral traditions],
a1412 [Torres Strait Islanders],
a1412;
Norris PASA(16)-a1607;
Hamacher AJAnth-a1709 [red-giant variable stars];
Hamacher & Banks a1806-en [planets];
Hamacher et al a1903 [use of stellar scintillation].
@ Middle Ages: Paschos & Sotiroudis 98 [Byzantine astronomy from 1300 AD];
McCluskey 00 [Europe];
Saliba AS(02) [Islamic astronomers];
Sigismondi IJMPcs(13)-a1201 [Gerbert of Aurillac and X century Europe].
@ British Isles:
Ruggles 99;
Higginbottom & Clay a1402,
a1505-proc
[megalithic astronomy in Britain].
@ Easter Island:
Rjabchikov a1311 [Rapa Nui];
Rjabchikov a1508,
a1604;
Rjabchikov a1607,
a1610 [Kirch's Comet];
Rjabchikov a1702,
a1705.
@ Other places and related topics:
Mukerjee SA(03)dec [Goseck observatory, DE, 5000 BC];
Sequera & Gangui a1107-in [Tomaraho];
Brown a1206
[the 4,000 year old monolith at Gardom's Edge];
Magli a1307 [Turkey, 10,000 BC];
Antonello a1312 [archaeoastronomy in Italy];
Patat & Corazza AN-a1409 [proto-historical sites in Friuli];
Magli a1604 [Archaeoastronomy in the Khmer heartland];
Gantevoort et al JAHH-a1610 [Tasmania];
Towers a1610 [Sun Temple in Mesa Verde National Park, USA];
Luminet a1804 [Ulugh Beg, Central Asia XV century];
Talafha & Talafha a1906 [ancient Arabic inscriptions].
XVI and XVII Century
@ Heliocentric vs geocentric models:
Graney a1011,
JHA-a1103 [Riccioli's arguments];
Sobel 11;
Gingerich PT(11)sep [The Mars problem, Tycho and Kepler];
Graney a1112 [Tycho Brahe and the Copernicans];
Ghassib a1208 [why did Arabic science fail to achieve the Copernican revolution?];
Graney a1211
[Francesco Ingoli's arguments against the Copernican theory];
Timberlake AER(13)-a1301 [student activities on the Ptolemaic, Copernican, and Tychonic models];
Graney a1402
[the Inquisition's 1616 condemnation of the Copernican system];
Luminet a1701 [Provençal humanists];
Krisciunas & Bistue a1712
[Ptolemy's Almagest in Europe, and Copernicus];
Graney a1802 [Kepler and Brahe];
Graney JHA(19)-a1902 [Locher];
Timberlake & Wallace 19;
Graney JHA(19)-a1906 [Kepler's universe];
Graney a1909
[André Tacquet and star sizes in a heliocentric universe];
Verbunt & van der Sluys JHA-a1909 [Halley, Cassini and proper motion].
@ Galileo:
Graney a0811 [and naked-eye stars];
Peruzzi AIP(10)-a1704;
Zik & Hon a1307 [knowledge of the theory].
@ Other references:
Randles 99 [r PT(00)jun];
Remmert SHPSA(07) [images of Hercules and Atlas];
Graney & Sipes BA-a0812 [binary stars and conception of the universe];
Verbunt & van Gent A&A-a1003 [Hevelius' star catalog];
Holder a1105 [Kepler's differential equations];
Sigismondi a1106,
a1106 [the Clementine Gnomon];
Akbari a1210-proc [Qasim ali al-Qayini];
Sigismondi a1301-MG13 [transits of Venus and the astronomical unit];
Molaro JAHH-a1704
[Francesco Fontana's telescope and observations];
Boistel a2104 [sunspot theory by Pezenas (1692-1776)].
XVIII and XIX Century
> s.a. solar planets [discovery of Neptune]; star properties.
@ References: Barrañón phy/04-conf [Copernican cosmography in Mexico];
Crovisier a0906-proc [in Jules Verne's novels];
Timberlake a1112 [Herschel's "star-gages" and his map of the Milky Way galaxy],
TPT(13) [William Herschel];
Antonello a1401-proc [water-filled telescopes];
Krajnović a1501-conf [Rogerius Boscovich and the motion of the Earth].
XX and XXI Century > s.a. XXI century physics.
* Dark matter:
(A precursor was Neptune, discovered from its effect on Uranus); 1933,
Fritz Zwicky noticed that most of galaxies' mass is invisible, based on
galaxy cluster velocity dispersions, and suggested it could be mapped
via gravitational lensing; Later motivated by flat galaxy rotation
curves and patterns in large-scale structure.
* 2017 predictions:
Sources of fast radio bursts announcement? Event Horizon Telescope results?
Jupiter results from Juno? Plunging end of Cassini mission.
@ General references: Struve PT(60)sep [1950s, astronomy in a state of turbulence];
Rowan-Robinson pw(99)dec [overview, status];
PT(99)may [in the US];
Sánchez & Benn AN(04)ap [different countries];
Longair 06 [and cosmology];
Antonelli et al a1007 [Italy, closing of INAF];
Schultz 12 [the Andromeda galaxy];
Gingerich ASP-a1302 [Russell's diagram].
@ Individual people: Kragh a1208-en [eight biographies];
Tai HSNS(17)-a1705 [scientific and socialist virtues of Anton Pannekoek];
news cosmos(18)may [Cecilia Payne, star composition].
@ Dark matter: Zwicki HPA(33),
tr GRG(09);
van den Bergh PASP(99)ap;
Einasto ap/04-proc;
Sanders 10;
Einasto 13;
Bertone & Hooper RMP(18)-a1605;
de Swart et al nAstr(17)-a1703.
Specific Topics
> s.a. history of particle physics [cosmic rays];
history of gravitational physics [black holes].
@ Solar system:
Brush RMP(90) [origin];
Boccaletti phy/01-conf [Kepler's laws];
Gingerich Isis(02) [Ptolemy's model for Venus];
Magli phy/04 [precession].
@ Galaxies: Sheehan JAHH-a1111
[W W Morgan and the structure of the Milky Way galaxy];
news sn(20)apr [the 1920 Shapley-Curtis debate].
@ Other topics: Fernie AS(90) [Stonehenge];
Godwin 93 [music of the spheres];
Krisciunas ap/93 [sociology, strange cases];
Glass 97 [Victorian telescopes];
Kessler SHPSA(07) [M51 and 'pretty pictures' vs scientific images];
> s.a. radio astronomy
and other wavelength ranges [X-ray].
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