History of Astronomy: Publications
For biobibliographies see
History of Astronomy: Persons.
For personal bibliographies of historians of astronomy see
History of Astronomy: Historians.
Lists of new history of astronomy books are included in the
Electronic newsletters for the history of astronomy.
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Archaeoastronomy in the 1990s, 1993
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Ashbrook, Joseph: The Astronomical Scrapbook:
Skywatchers, Pioneers and Seekers in Astronomy, 1985
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Astronomies and Cultures, 1993
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Baiada, Enrica et al.: Museo della Specola. Catalogo - Catalogue,
Bologna 1995
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Blaauw, Adriaan: History of the IAU, 1994
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The Cambridge Guide to the Constellations, 1995
- With antique constellation maps from Linda Hall Library,
32 of them available on-line.
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Chapman, Allan: Dividing the Circle: The development of
critical angular measurement in astronomy, 1995
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Feldhay, Rivka: Galileo and the Church
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Fideler, David: Jesus Christ, Sun of God:
Ancient Cosmology and Early Christian Symbolism, 1993
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Gascoigne, S.C.B. et al.:
The Creation of the Anglo-Australian Observatory, 1990
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General History of Astronomy, Vol. 2A, 1989
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General History of Astronomy, Vol. 2B, 1995
(or see
here)
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General History of Astronomy, Vol. 4, 1984
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Gingerich, Owen: The Great Copernicus Chase, 1992
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Greenberg, John L.: The Problem of the Earth's Shape from
Newton to Clairaut
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NASA History Series: What's New
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Palomar Observatory: Bibliography
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The International Galilean bibliography (1965 - 1995)
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Kilmister, C. W.: Eddington's Search for a Fundamental Theory
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Krisciunas, K.: Astronomical Centers of the World, 1988
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Marschall, Laurence A.: The Supernova Story, 1994
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Marx, Siegfried and Pfau, Werner:
Astrophotography with the Schmidt Telescope, 1992
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Massey, Harrie and Robins, M. O.: History of British Space Science, 1986
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Moore, Patrick: Fireside Astronomy: An Anecdotal Tour Through the
History and Lore of Astronomy, 1992
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North, John: The Norton History of Astronomy and Cosmology, 1994,
from W. W. Norton & Company
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Records in Stone, 1988
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Redondi, P.: Galileo: Heretic, 1987
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Robertson, Peter: Beyond Southern Skies:
Radio Astronomy and the Parkes Telescope, 1992
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Sheehan, William: The Immortal Fire Within: The Life and Work of
Edward Emerson Barnard
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Sherratt, Michael: Galileo (30 May 1996: removed from the Web)
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Smoller, L.A.: History, Prophecy, and the Stars:
The Christian Astrology of Pierre d'Ailly, 1350-1420, 1994
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Sonnenuhren - Deutschland und Schweiz (in German)
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Stephenson, Bruce: Kepler's Physical Astronomy, 1994
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Stephenson, Bruce: The Music of the Heavens:
Kepler's Harmonic Astronomy, 1994
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Stephenson, F. R. and Houlden, M. A.:
Atlas of Historical Eclipse Maps: East Asia, 1500 BC-AD 1900, 1986
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Warner, Brian: Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, 1820-1831, 1995
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White, Michael, Gribbin, John: Stephen Hawking - a Life in Science
(30 May 1996: removed from the Web)
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World Archaeoastronomy, 1989
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Yeomans, Donald K.: Comets: A Chronological History of Observation,
Science, Myth, and Folklore, 1991
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Zambelli, Paola: The Speculum Astronomiae and its Enigma: Astrology,
Theology and Science in Albertus Magnus and his Contemporaries, 1992
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ADS Digital Library
- Online books relating to astronomy and astrophysics,
including historic publications
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NASA Histories On-Line
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Autobiography of James Nasmyth, London 1885
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Bouché-Leclercq, Auguste: Greek Astrology
(L'Astrologie grecque), Chapter 1, 1899
- Draft translation by Lester J. Ness, 1995
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Calvin, William H.: How the Shaman Stole the Moon,
1991, 1993, 1996 (partially on-line)
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Eddington, A. S.: Stars and Atoms
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Lovell, Percival: Mars, 1895
Online:
On diskettes:
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See also:
Wolfgang R. Dick
wdi@potsdam.ifag.de
Latest update: 17 July 1996
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