History of Astronomy: Items: Education

• 136-101 History of Astronomy
• ASTR111 Topics in the History of Astronomy
• Astronomy 201/211: Introductory Astronomy by Kevin Long
  • Reading Notes
    • 1. Motions in the sky
      including astronomical tradition of the Peublo Indians
    • 2. Geocentric theories of the Universe
    • 3. Heliocentric models of Copernicus and Kepler
    • 4. Discoveries of Galileo and Newton
• Astronomy Notes (for introductory astronomy courses) by Nick Strobel
  • History and Philosophy of Western Astronomy from the ancient Greeks to Isaac Newton
• Cartesian Legacies
  Including history of astronomy
• Computer Graphics for Teaching History of Astronomy (9 May 1996: removed from the Web)
• CyberScol (in French)
  • La progression des connaissances en optique au cours de l'histoire (in French)
    Including history of astronomy
• Course information for AR315 (Archaeoastronomy) by Clive Ruggles
• Doug's Astronomical Teaching Resources
  Including Eratosthenes' famous experiment to find the circumferen/12.html"> Computer Graphics for Teaching History of Astronomy (9 May 1996: removed from the Web)

  CyberScol (in French)

  • George Mason University, Astronomy and Space Science Group
    • Astronomy 103, Spring 1996 by Johttp://www.physics.gmu.edu/classinfo/astr103/CourseNotes/cml_newt.htm"> Newtonian Cosmology
    • Solar System - History of Formation Theories
    • History of Einstein-Friedmann Cosmology
    • etc.
  • Astronomy 105, Fall 1994 by John Wallin
    • 5. Science Methods, Misuse and Madness (Introduction to Ancient Greek astronomy)
    • 6. Copernican Revolution
    • 7. Newton and Kepler
  • Astronomy 106, Spring 1995 by John Wallin
    • 17. The Galaxy, A Historical Overview
  • Astronomy 228, Foundations of Cosmological Thought, Spring 1996 by John C. Evans
    from a historical and philosophical perspective
    • Preface
    • Part I. Horizon-Stonehenge Cosmology
      • 1. Origins of Science
      • 2. Dawning of Time and Ancient Stone Monuments
      • 3. Mesopotamian and Egyptian Cosmology
      • 4. Coordinates and Time
    • Part II. Greek Cosmology
      • 5. Intellectual World of the Greeks
      • 6. Aristotelian Science and Cosmology
      • 7. Ptolemaic System of the World
      • 8. Islamic Science
      • 9. Science of the Middle Ages
      • 10. Copernicus and Kepler
    • Part III. Galilean-Newtonian Cosmology
      • 11. Galileo and Descartes
      • 12. Newtonian Science
      • 13. Structure of Newtonian Science
      • 14. Newtonian Cosmology
      • 15. The Success and End of Newtonian Science
    • Part IV. Einstein-Friedmann Cosmology
      • 16. The 20th Century Revolution in Physics
      • 17. Relativity
      • 18. More About the Structure of Science
      • 19. Advances in Stellar Astronomy After Newton
      • 20. Structure of the Universe
      • 21. Einstein-Friedmann Cosmology
    • Part V. Modern Cosmology
      • 22. The Early Universe
      • 23. Summary of the Foundations of Cosmological Thought

  Die Geschichte der Astronomie (in German)

  History 333: Galileo in Context

  The MTSU Observatory

  • February 1995: Percival Lowell and the planet Mars
  • March 1995: Archaeoastronomy in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

  Physics and Astronomy History - References

  Pluto Express Curriculum Guides for Educators

  See Volume 1 Number 1 for the history of discovery of Pluto

  The Universe in the Classroom

  • 25. The Face on Mars
  • 31. Indiana Jones and the Astronomers of Yore: A Primer on Archaeoastronomy

  Wesleyan Astronomy Department Courses 1994/95

  • ASTR109 Revolutions in Science & Astronomy
  • ASTR111 Topics in the History of Astronomy

  Wesleyan Astronomy Department Courses 1995/96

  • ASTR111 Topics in the History of Astronomy