An interdisciplinary course on cultural astronomy.
Article by Owen Gingerich explores refinement and criticism of Ptolemaic astronomy, including religious influences on direction, and describes precursors to and influences on Copernicus.
Covers the development of this ancient science from days of Stonehenge (3100 BC) to the discovery of Pulsars (1968 AD). Includes related resource links.
From the Uppsala University Newsletter for History of Science.
Article by Jane T. Tolbert in the Historian publication in 1999. Whereas Galileo sought to confront and embarrass the established Church, Peiresc worked from within clerical ranks with persuasion and tact.
Articles on astronomers, observatories, work performed and its significance from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries.
Discusses the development of reflective telescopes during the 1700's. Covers the different types of mirrors and lens that were used during these times. Includes some key contributors to the improvement of the telescope during this period.
A rare celestial atlas discovered in the library of the Manchester Astronomical Society.
The first hundred years, list of presidents, list of archived documents.
The discovery of the binary pulsar.
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