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General Information
- Online: University of Bonn site;
Rowan-Robinson review article.
- Book: J.-C. Pecker, Understanding the Heavens:
Thirty Centuries of Astronomical Ideas from Ancient Thinking
to Modern Cosmology, Springer-Verlag 2001.
- Book: R. Wilson, Astronomy through the Ages,
Princeton University Press 1997.
Specific Topics
- Biographies: University of St. Andrews index.
- Pictures: Digital Archive of Historical Astronomy
Pictures (DAHAP).
- Quotations: J. Talbot's list.
XVI Century
- Johannes Hewelke (Hevelius, 1611-1687): Center for
Atmospheric Research page;
seds.org page.
- Leonardo da Vinci: Boston Museum of Science page.
XVII Century
- Sir Francis Bacon: Luminarium.org page
(with music).
- Giovanni Domenico Cassini: University of St Andrews
page.
- Edmund Halley: University of St Andrews page.
- Christiaan Huygens: University of St Andrews page.
- Astronomy in India: Jantar Mantar page
by bomhardde; The Jaipur Observatory page.
XVIII Century
- Delambre: Space.com reference page.
- William Herschel: Armagh Observatory page;
Herschel Museum site;
biography
by F. Arago.
- Joseph-Louis Lagrange: University of St Andrews page.
- Charles Messier: Life and links at seds.org.
XIX Century
- Edward Emerson Barnard (1857-1923): Yerkes Observatory
page.
- Michael Faraday: Institution of Electrical Engineers
page;
Royal Institution page.
- Percival Lowell: Lowell Observatory page;
National Air and Space Museum page;
David Darling's page.
- James Clerk Maxwell: "A visit to Maxwell's house"
history article.
- Angelo Secchi, S.J.: Fairfield University page.
- Thomas Young: Royal Institution page.
XX Century
- Walter Baade (1893-1960): Sonoma State University
page.
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar: Chandra X-Ray telescope
Harvard page.
- Albert Einstein: S. Morgan Freedman's Albert Einstein
Online site;
American Institute of Physics site;
Space.com Einstein reference
pages.
- George Gamow: E. Harper's page.
- Stephen Hawking: S Hawking's website;
Space.com pages.
- Edwin Hubble: NASDA Cosmic Information page;
Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada article
by A. Sandage; pbs Science Odyssey page.
- Carl Sagan: Space.com reference pages.
- Harlow Shapley (1885-1972): Eric Weisstein's page;
Sonoma State University page.
By Topic
- High Energy Astrophysics: NASA site.
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