History of Astronomy

 

Course Notes and overviews

from other Institutions

• Galileo and Einstein
• Nick Strobel's Textbook
• History of Science
• History of Cosmology (UCR)
• History of Science (UFl)
• Astronomy People
• One Page History
• History Links
• Archaeoastronomy Links

 

Specific Ancient Cultures

• Mayan Astronomy
• Aztec Calendar
• Stonehenge
• Another Stonehenge
• Native American Astronomy
• Astronomy in Japan
• Astronomy in India
• Ancient China
• Inca Meteorite
• How the Shaman Stole the Moon

 

Classical Mediterranean Antiquity

·         Greek Astronomy (Overview)

·         Early Greek Astronomy

·         Thales

·         Plato

·         Aristarchus

·         Eudoxus of Cnidus

·         Aristotle

·         Eratosthenes of Alexandria

·         Hipparchus of Nicaea

·         Ptolemy of Alexandria

 

Medieval

• Omar Kahyyam
• Omar Kahyyam's The Rubaiyat
• William of Ockham
• Nicole d’Oresme
• Oresme's "On the Heavens"

 

Renaissance - 18th Century

• Nicolas Copernicus
• Johannes Kepler
• Tycho Brahe
• Galileo Galilei
• "The Starry Messenger"
• "Dialogue on..World Systems"
• Anti-Galileo Letter
• The Galileo Project
• Galileo's Daughter
• Isaac Newton
• Newton’s 3 Laws of Motion
• Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation
• Newton’s Synthesis of Astronomy and Physics
• Edmond Halley
• William Herschel
• Antique Celestial Atlases

20th Century

• Mount Wilson Observatory
• Shapley's Milky Way
• The “Great Debate” 
• Cecilia Payne
• Edwin Hubble (photo)
• Edwin Hubble (bio)
• Scale of the Universe 1996
• Einstein

 

Other Links of Interest

• Timeline
• Women in Astronomy

 

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