History of Astronomy: General

General texts

• Astronomy Notes (for introductory astronomy courses), by Nick Strobel
  • History and Philosophy of Western Astronomy from the ancient Greeks to Isaac Newton
• Space Adventure
  A popular introduction to astronomy and space exploration, including history (see Chronological Index). No detailed links have been included into Astronomiae Historia/History of Astronomy.

General history of astronomy WWW pages

• Astronomy Picture of the Day
  Contains occasionally some historical material and references (see Archive).

Glossaries

• Comet Definitions
• Glossary of Terms found in the Galileo Project
• `Great Debate' Glossary
• The Nine Planets Glossary
  Including a list of other glossaries
• NASA Thesaurus

Other lists of history of astronomy sources

• Antique Telescope Society: Other related WWW pages
• AstroWeb: History of Astronomy (or see Mirror 1, Mirror 2, Mirror 3, Mirror 4, Mirror 5)
• Galileo Net Resources
• Go2: Guardian OnLine Net Guides [: History of astronomy]
  A funny introduction how to find history of astronomy resources
• History of Astronomy
• History of Astronomy and Space Science
• History of Astronomy (and Science)
• Some History of Astronomy Links
• Yahoo: Science: Astronomy: History
• WWWVL Astronomy and Astrophysics: History of Astronomy
• WWWVL History of Science, Technology and Medicine: Astronomy and Space

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