History of Astronomy (and Science)

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History of Astronomy (and Science)

• Working Group for the History of Astronomy (AGA) in the Astronomische Gesellschaft (AG), Germany

• American Astronomical Society - Historical Astronomy Division

• IAU Commision 41 - History of Astronomy

• International Union of History and Philosophy of Science
  Comission For History of Ancient and Medieval Astronomy (C.H.A.M.A.)

• Heavenly Mathematics: Cultural Astronomy

• Historical Literature Scans in ADS (NASA Astrophysical Data System)

• Kepler Komission (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften)

• History of the American Astronomical Society (AAS)

• History of the Discovery of the Deep Sky objects

• Himmelsatlas (1826) von Franz Niklaus König
  (Der transparente "Atlas céleste")

• Epact: Scientific Instruments of Medieval and Renaissance Europe

• Out of This World: The Golden Age of the Celestial Atlas
  Exhibition catalog of the Linda Hall Library (Kansas City, USA) in HTML with many pictures. The exhibit displays forty-three star atlases and maps covering the period from 1482 to 1851. It includes all of the famous atlases, such as those of Bayer, Schiller, Hevelius, Flamsteed, and Bode.

• Map History / History of Cartography , British Library, UK

• History of Celestial Cartography

• Historic celestial maps (Bayer, Hevelius, ...)
  (from "Danmarks Natur- og Lęgevidenskabelige Bibliotek", Denmark)

• Historic Celestial and Terrestrial Atlases
  (from the "Astronomical Observatory of Brera", Italy)

• Star Myths and Constellation Lore

• Constellations: myths and maps (Hawaiian Astronomical Society)

• Constellations

• Starlore

• DIO : The International Journal of Scientific History

• The Planet Mars - A History of Observation and Discovery
  Book by William Sheehan

• Mars by Percival Lowell, 1895

• From the Earth to the Heavens
  a multimedia on historical scientific education (Brera Observatory, Milano, Italy)

• The Galileo Project , Rice University, USA

• The Art of Renaissance Science: Galileo and Perspective

• Galileo Galilei's Notes on Motion

• Maria Celeste's letters to her father Galileo Galilei

• Christiaan Huygens: Systema Saturnium , 1659

• Ron Baalke: Historical background of Saturn's rings , (1999)

• Hypatia of Alexandria - philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician

• Newton and the Moon

• Italian Bibliography of the History of Science of the Institute and Museum of History of Science in Florence

• Historical Museum of Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory

• Vultus Uraniae (Göttin der Astronomie)

• Dipartimento Di Astronomia Universita' Di Bologna
  (has a section on the astronomical museum : "Museo della Specola" and it's beautiful catalogue)

• Virtual exhibition :
  The Face of the Moon: Galileo to Apollo
  An Exhibit of Rare Books and Maps from the Collection of the Linda Hall Library.

• Museum of the History of Science , Oxford , UK

• (Ancient) Astronomy in Japan

• Ireland's Historic Science Centre

• Perseus Project home page
  (An evolving digital library on ancient greece.)

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Archaeoastronomy

• Archaeastronomy Web Sites , an overview over sites

• Center for Archaeastronomy , University of Maryland, USA

• Atlatl Rock Engraving Marks Equinoxes (H. Steinle web site)  

Many links have been here - they all disappeared!
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History of Space Flight

• 50 Years NASA

• The Apollo Program (National Air & Space Museum, Washington, DC)

• Apollo Lunar Surface Journal (NASA)

• The Apollo Program (KSC)

• Apollo by the Numbers (book by R. Orloff; use "Next" to scroll down!)

• Historical Archive (KSC, NASA); History of (US) Space Flight

• NASA History Office (NASA)

• NASA History Office (MSFC)

• X-33 History Project

• NASA Astronaut Biography

• Space Calendar

• Raumfahrtgeschichte

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Miscellaneous

• The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
  (including many biographies)

• History of the International Date Line

• Biographies (biography.com)

• Encyclopedia Mythica (mythology, folklore, legend)

• Biographies (biography-center)

• Exploring the Moon

• The Moon in Science Fiction

• Antiquariat Gerhard Renner

• James Q. Jacob's Home Page A collection of topics related to this page.

• This is not a medieval woodcut!

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