A Brief SETI Chronology
A timeline of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, from Morrison and Coconni to SETI@home. |
A Reminiscence of Project Ozma
Frank D. Drake describes his experience searching for extraterrestrial intelligence. |
A Science Odyssey - Physics and Astronomy
PBS articles about 20th century astronomy and physics. |
Arabic Astronomy Before Islam
Some Babylonian and Greek background, then pre-Islamic astronomy on the Arabian peninsula. |
Armagh Observatory History and Architecture
Instuments, astronomers, a list of original sources archived. |
Astronomy in Japan
Historical and modern Japanese astronomy, and its place in Japanese culture |
Astronomy in Sweden 1860-1940
From the Uppsala University Newsletter for History of Science. |
Atlas Celeste
A rare celestial atlas discovered in the library of the Manchester Astronomical Society. |
Biennial History of Astronomy Conferences
Workshops at Notre Dame, papers presented, abstracts, group pictures of attendees. |
Dudley Observatory
Library, archives, outreach programs. |
Electronic Newsletter for the History of Astronomy
Complete archive and subscription information. |
From Stargazers to Starships
Tutorial/historical exposition of the motion of Earth in space, Newtonian mechanics and spaceflight, on a high school level. |
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. |
HASTRO-L
Archive of the History of Astronomy Discussion Group, the mailing list for scholars in this field. |
Hindu Cosmological Time Cycles
An accurate calendar and the progenitor of the sexagesimal (base 60) "degree, minutes, seconds" measurement system. |
Historiacoelestis
Yahoo group moderated by Stuart Williams, F.R.A.S. |
Historical Astronomy Division
American Astronomical Society division devoted to history, with a link to pages on the history of the society itself. |
History and Philosophy of Western Astronomy
The History chapter of an introductory astronomy course. |
History of Astronomy
This is the "official" history of astronomy page on the web. It is an extensive resource to the field. |
History of Astronomy
Short biographies of several less well known British astronomers. |
History of Astronomy in Ancient India
Eclipse calculation, heliocentric theory, size of the world. |
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. |
History of SETI
An overview of the history of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. |
History of the Leander J. McCormick Observatory
Early astronomy at the University of Virginia. |
Islamic Astronomy
Ancient astronomy preserved and improved by the Islamic empire. |
Linda Hall Library
An exhibit of 15th through 19th century celestial atlases, and an exhibit of pictures of the moon from Galileo to Apollo. |
Little Green Men, White Dwarfs or Pulsars?
A personal account by Jocelyn Bell Burnell on the discovery of pulsars. |
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 |
Reaching for the Stars
Swedish stellar and nebular astronomy, 1860-1940. |
Rundetaarn (The Round Tower)
Astronomy in Denmark: Brahe, Roemer, Hertzsprung. |
Russell A. Hulse - Nobel Lecture
The discovery of the binary pulsar. |
Some great folks in the History of Astronomy
From Hicetas of Syracuse to Jocelyn Bell, with a dozen in between, people the author thinks should have the Nobel Prize. |
The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
Robert Woodrow Wilson Nobel Lecture. |
The Manchester Astronomical Society History
The first hundred years, list of presidents, list of archived documents. |
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. |
This Month in the History of Astronomy
Short descriptions of important discoveries, events, and birthdays sorted by month. |
Vatican Observatory History
From calendar reform in 1582 to modern telescopes in Arizona |
