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.
American Astronomical Society division devoted to history, with a link to pages on the history of the society itself.
A timeline of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, from Morrison and Coconni to SETI@home.
PBS articles about 20th century astronomy and physics.
Complete archive and subscription information.
Workshops at Notre Dame, papers presented, abstracts, group pictures of attendees.
Tutorial/historical exposition of the motion of Earth in space, Newtonian mechanics and spaceflight, on a high school level.
A substantial look at the subject, and a review of N. M. Swerdlow's book.
Images from the history of astronomy, old telescopes, pictures of astronomers, observatories.
Features history of discoveries and references.
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