History of Astronomy

History of Astronomy: Other sources of information

Discussion groups (E-mail lists)

• ANE (Ancient Near East)
  Includes astronomy and astrology.
• The Carl Sagan Mailing List
• Exlibris
  Discussion Group for Rare Books and Special Collections. - Search for history of astronomy items by keywords such as "astronomy", "Copernicus", "Kepler", etc.
• HASTRO-L
  The main discussion group for history of astronomy.
  • Archives
    Access for subscribers only.
• Historia Coelestis
  Discussion group and resource for all those with an interest in the history of astronomy.
• Historia de la Matematica [History of Mathematics] mailing list
  Ocassionally, also history of astronomy items are discussed.
  • Archives 1
  • Archives 2
• MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography (Or see here.)
  Contains occasionally also information about celestial cartography.
• math-hist: History of Mathematics email list
  Some discussions concern also history of astronomy.
  • Archives
• Mediev-L: Discussion threads, classified
  • Science and Technology
    • Astronomy
    • Moon and Sky
    • Zodiac
• oldscope
  "An email platform for members of the Antique Telescope Society." It is also open to non-members.
• Rete
  Electronic mailing list devoted to the history of scientific instruments including astronomical instruments.
• Sundial Mailing List (Or see here.)
  • Archive at Reference.COM
• The Armchair Astronomer
  Including some history of astronomy

Software for historians of astronomy

• ftp://history.cc.ukans.edu/pub/history/utilities/
• Heavenly Macintosh (27 Apr 1998: disappeared)
• MathSource: Calendar and Date Computations
• Some Computer Programs for Research in the History of Ancient and Medieval Astronomy

History of astronomy on CD-ROMs

• Introduction to Archaeoastronomy
• Meteors and Meteorites: A Historic Archive of Articles, Books and Catalogues, by Eric Hutton
• Octavo: Digital Rare Books
  Among the books on CD-ROMs: Galileo/Sidereus Nuncius and Newton/Opticks.
• Starry Night: A History of Matter, A Matter of History, by Albert Boime
  CD-ROM detailing the creation of Vincent Van Gogh's most famous work
• Stephen W. Hawking: Eine kurze Geschichte der Zeit (in German) (27 Apr 1998: seems to be no longer available)
• Tychonis Brahe Opera Omnia
• Uranographia Britannica - The CD-ROM

Other media

• Caroline Herschel: 1750-1848
  BBC play (available on audiotape)
• The Music of William Herschel (27 Apr 1998: seems to be no longer available)
• Renaissance Astronomy
  Slide set by Owen Gingerich
• Sobel, Dava: Longitude : The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time, 1996 (Audio Cassette)

See also:

• History of astronomy: Publications
• History of science: Other sources of information

Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 10 Mar 1995. Latest update: 6 Nov 2002