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Journal articles on the topic "History of Astronomy"

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Ampollini, Ilaria. "Celestial Globes and Popular Astronomy." Nuncius 34, no. 1 (February 25, 2019): 69–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18253911-03401003.

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Abstract This contribution aims to examine the scientific relationship between Giuseppe Toaldo and Jérôme Lalande, focusing on two works by the French astronomer which Toaldo translated into Italian. The first text is the Abregé d’ Astronomie (Compendio d’Astronomia, Padova: Stamperia del Seminario, 1777), addressed to students of astronomy; the second one is the Astronomie des Dames (Astronomia delle Dame, [Venezia]: Giacomo Storti, 1796), written for a female public to which Toaldo interestingly added the appendix Astronomia de’ Gentiluomini (Venezia, 1797). These works clearly testify Toaldo’s deep interest in the teaching and spreading of astronomy, an interest Toaldo shared with Lalande. The contacts between the two astronomers we will be displaying will also allow us to make some hypothesis about two splendid globes, a terrestrial and a celestial one. It is unknown how they arrived in the library of the Episcopal Seminar of Padova, where they are preserved today.
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Seidengart, Jean. "Amateur Astronomy from Its Origins to Camille Flammarion." International Astronomical Union Colloquium 98 (1988): 2–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0252921100092034.

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It is not possible to sketch the history of astronomy by amateurs without first defining what the term “amateur astronomer” truly means. But we must avoid using “the benefit of hind-sight” to interpret the past in terms of a concept, the relevance of which has been perceived only during the course of the last one hundred years. In order to avoid the sophistry arising from such a purely imaginary history that is based on false conceptions, it is useful to examine amateur astronomy’s precise status, since its emergence in the dawn of classical science, by outlining the type of relationship that it has had with “professional” astronomy. In doing so, we can evoke some of the major developments in amateur astronomy, the scientific contributions of which, although often of high quality, have at times reached the very forefront of the discipline of astronomy.
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Turaj, Katarzyna. "Amateur Astronomy in Poland: Past and Present." International Astronomical Union Colloquium 98 (1988): 40–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0252921100092137.

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Amateur astronomy in Poland has its own history dating from the 17th century to the present day. Before the 17th century, the term “amateur astronomer” loses its meaning. Otherwise we might pose the rather paradoxical question: “Was Copernicus an amateur?” and probably have to give the answer: “Yes, he was an amateur, being first a priest, a physician and a lawyer.” Let us leave him in peace and instead turn to more undoubted amateurs. The history can be divided into two general periods: before and after the creation of the Polish Amateur Astronomical Society, PA AS (Polskie Towarzystwo Milosników Astronomii – PTMA). Here we present 16 Polish amateur astronomers who contributed to astronomy from the 17th to the 20th centuries, except Jan Heweliusz – the greatest – who is discussed elsewhere (1). All are selected from a much larger group, the selection being made in accordance with the rules described in the very useful and practical “Criteria for identifying an astronomer as an amateur”, formulated by Tom Williams a few years ago and presented here (2). There is also a short history and current information about the PAAS. Finally, we summarize successes and failures of amateur astronomy in Poland and put some general questions about its future.
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Morison, Ian. "The it History of Jodrell Bank." ITNOW 61, no. 4 (2019): 48–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/itnow/bwz111.

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Christiansen, W. N. "History and Propaganda in Astronomy." Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 8, no. 1 (1989): 96–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1323358000023018.

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‘History is Bunk’ said Henry Ford. He was exaggerating but it is well recognized that the connection between history and truth is tenuous. Even very recent history dependent on human memory is notoriously unreliable despite the intention of the historian to tell the truth.In radio astronomy we are fortunate in having a dedicated historian-astronomer by the name of Woody Sullivan who has spent years in interviewing and reinterviewing astronomers to find out the real facts about the early years of the subject. Because of Sullivan’s work (e.g. Sullivan 1988) and because so many of my former colleagues have written histories of the period I felt very doubtful about adding my piece to the saga when asked to do so. However, I did accept the invitation to do so after I had read a statement about radio astronomy written by our usually very well informed Minister for Science, Barry Jones (Jones 1987). This statement which I shall quote later is an example of what we may call popular history.
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Cardoso, Jorge, Décio Martins, Helmuth Malonek, and Carlos Fiolhais. "Manuel dos Reis e a Astronomia em Portugal de 1930 a 1970." História da Ciência e Ensino: construindo interfaces 20 (December 29, 2019): 550–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.23925/2178-2911.2019v20p550-567.

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Resumo Descreve-se a evolução do Observatório Astronómico da Universidade de Coimbra de 1930 a 1970, destacando- se o exercício das funções de diretor por Manuel dos Reis (1900-1992), de 1934 a 1970. Fonte primordial é o espólio documental de Manuel dos Reis à guarda do Arquivo da Universidade de Coimbra, que inclui programas, lições, problemas, exames, estudos e notas, e outros manuscritos sobre História da Astronomia, Astronomia (Geral, Mecânica, Esférica e Geodésica), Astronomia Medieval, e Astronomia Náutica dos Descobrimentos. Engloba ainda listas bibliográficas, rascunhos das comunicações e discursos sobre Astronomia Náutica proferidos na Academia das Ciências de Lisboa. Apresenta-se, em particular, um documento datilografado, inédito, provavelmente da década de 30, com o título “Reorganização do ensino da Astronomia e da investigação astronómica”, onde Reis, após descrever brevemente a história da Astronomia, refere a Astrofísica como o “novo capítulo da Astronomia”, e reflete sobre o ensino e investigação da Astronomia, e sobre o funcionamento dos Observatórios Astronómicos de Coimbra e de Lisboa (Tapada da Ajuda), e do Observatório Meteorológico do Porto (Serra do Pilar).Palavras-chave: História da Astronomia em Portugal; Astrofísica, Observatório Astronómico da Universidade de Coimbra. Abstract The evolution of the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Coimbra from 1930 to 1970 is described, highlighting Manuel dos Reis (1900-1992) role as director from 1934 to 1970. Main source is the collection of Manuel dos Reis documentation in the Archive of the University of Coimbra, which includes programs, lessons, problems, exams, studies and notes and other manuscripts on the History of Astronomy, Astronomy (General, Mechanical, Spherical and Geodesical), Medieval Astronomy, Nautical Astronomy of the Portuguese Discoveries. It also includes lists of bibliographical references, minutes of communications and speeches on Nautical Astronomy delivered at the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon. A typewritten, unpublished document, with the title "Reorganization of the teaching of astronomy and astronomical investigation”, probabbly from the 1930s, is presented. Reis, after a brief description of the history of Astronomy, describes Astrophysics as the "new chapter of Astronomy", reflects on the teaching and research on Astronomy, and on the operation of the Astronomical Observatories of Coimbra and Lisbon (Tapada da Ajuda), and the Meteorological Observatory of OPorto (Serra do Pilar). Keywords: History of Astronomy in Portugal; Astrophysics; Astronomical Observatory of the University of Coimbra.
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Berggren, J. L. "Astronomy and History." Ancient Philosophy 6 (1986): 202–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/ancientphil1986616.

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Rothenberg, Marc. "History of Astronomy." Osiris 1 (January 1985): 117–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/368641.

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Valls-Gabaud, David, and Alexander Boksenberg. "The role of astronomy in society and culture." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 5, S260 (January 2009): 4–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743921311002079.

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AbstractAs an ancient and multidisciplinary field, astronomy is an ambassador for all sciences. Astronomy's broad appeal, whether from its cultural interest of our place in the universe, or its practical aims such as sea- or space navigation, is well recorded in history from ancient to modern times, and sky-awareness, more generally, began prehistorically. Astronomy's perceived role and purpose has continually developed over the ages. In all, astronomy is not to be viewed as a narrow subject operating in isolation but one that has contributed comprehensively to the advancement of society.
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Heidarzadeh, Tofigh. "Book Review: Ottoman Astronomy: Osmanli Astronomi Literatürü Tarihi (History of Astronomy Literature during the Ottoman Period)." Journal for the History of Astronomy 31, no. 1 (February 2000): 84–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002182860003100115.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "History of Astronomy"

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Ely, Joshua J. "Society and Science: Ancient Astronomy." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/31.

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Astronomy is the oldest scientific field in human history. As such, it is linked heavily with Ancient History as a central part of understanding, scientific development and cultural appreciation in the world of antiquity. The goal of this thesis will be to investigate the importance of the ancient astronomers, their discoveries, the differences in cultural understandings of the universe due to environmental and political reasons, planets and the cosmos, and the impacts their discoveries had on the ancient world. Primary sources will be various writings and documents by ancient astronomers and philosophers such as Eratosthenes, Hipparchus, Plato and the Pythagorean concept. Also to be consulted will be ancient documents that explain the cosmos and nature of this universe from the cultural aspect of the Egyptian, Maya, Mesopotamian, and Hellenistic civilizations. Secondary sources will a variety of modern historical and scientific writings about the history of astronomy. These will include Astronomy of the Ancients by Kenneth Brecher and Michael Feirtag, Ancient Egyptian Science by Marshall Clagett, and A History of The Ancient Mathematical Astronomy by Neugebauer. Also included will be modern sources that explain astronomical events and notions.
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Sullivan, William F. "The astronomy of Andean myth : the history of a cosmology." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/1011.

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The paper aims to show that Andean myth, on one level, represents a technical language recording astronomical observations of precession and, at the same time, an historical record of simultaneous social and celestial transformations. Topographic and architectural terms of Andean myth are interpreted as a metaphor for the organisation of and locations on the celestial sphere. Via ethnoastronmical data, mythical animals are identified as stars and placed on the celestial sphere according to their "topographical " location. Tested in the planetarium, these "arrays" generate clusters of dates - 200 B.C. and 650. A. D. Analysis of the names of Wiraqocha and Manco Capac indicates they represent Saturn and Jupiter and that their mythical meeting represents their conjunction in 650 A.D. The astronomy of Andean myth is then used as an historical tool to examine how the Andean priest-astronomers recorded the simultaneous creation of the ayllu and of this distinctive astronomical system about 200 B.C. The idea that the agricultural ayllu, with its double descent system stressing the importance of paternity, represents a transformation of society from an earlier matrilineal/horticultural era is examined in light of the sexual imagery employed in myth. Wiraqocha’s androgyny and the division of the celestial sphere into male (ecliptic) and -female(celestial equator = “earth” ) are interpreted as cosmological validations of the new social structure.
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Liu, Charles Tsun-Chu. "The star formation history of galaxies." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/290658.

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The star formation history of galaxies is the primary influence on galaxy evolution, and hence the evolution of almost all the visible matter in the universe. In this dissertation, I present studies of the star formation history of galaxies which have come from two distinct perspectives: the study of galaxies that have unusual star formation histories, and the search within the general galaxy population for galaxies with unusual star formation histories. A spectrophotometric atlas of 40 merging and strongly interacting galaxies is obtained and analyzed in order to examine their stellar populations and star formation histories. Within the sample, the subsample of 10 ultraluminous IRAS systems is compared with the optically selected subsample. The population of objects in the sample with anomalously strong Balmer absorption lines, a spectral signature indicative of post-starburst evolution, is examined and compared with distant "E+A galaxies" which have similar spectrophotometric properties. Spectrophotometry across the entire optical wavelength range is obtained and analyzed for a sample of 8 E+A galaxies, ranging in redshift from 0.09 ≤ z ≤ 0.54. The method of stellar population modeling, widely used with only minor variations in the astronomical community, is examined and its strengths and limitations are discussed.
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Munns, David P. D. ""Wizards of the micro-waves" a history of the radio astronomy community /." Available to US Hopkins community, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/dlnow/308073.

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Kelkar, K. "Structure, star formation history and environment of galaxies." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2017. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39909/.

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This thesis probes the role of environment in galaxy evolution, focussing particularly on understanding the links between the truncation of star formation, the transformation of galaxy structure, and environment. This study utilises deep HST imaging, photometric and spectroscopic data for galaxies within ten high-z cluster fields, which form part of the ESO Distant Cluster Survey (EDisCS). I first compare the mass--size relations of cluster and field galaxies, to address the dependence of galaxy size on environment observed from z~2.5, and which seemingly disappear at lower redshifts. I find no significant difference in the size distributions of cluster and field galaxies of a given morphology, or with similar rest-frame B-V colours. I rule out average size differences larger than 10--20 % in both cases. Thus, I conclude that if the size difference at higher-z reported in the literature is real, the growth of field galaxies seem to have caught up with that of cluster galaxies by z~1. Any putative mechanism responsible for galaxy growth has to account for the existence of environmental differences at high redshift and their absence (or weakening) at lower redshifts. I then move on to analyse the effects of the global cluster/field environment on the internal structure of galaxies and their colours. I introduce quantitative non-parametric measures like the residual flux fraction (RFF) and the asymmetry in galaxy residuals (A_res) which measure deviations from symmetric light distributions using HST images, to explore the internal structure of galaxies. I also obtain complementary information on the probable causes of structural disturbances, both internal and external in nature, by performing visual classifications of cluster and field galaxies. Combining these two approaches of measuring galaxy structure, it is found that the RFF is a good proxy for `roughness' in the surface brightness distribution, while A_ res is more sensitive to the causes of the structural disruption. Incorporating visual morphology and environment, it was found that the external causes of disturbances were most often associated with star formation in spiral galaxies. When adding information on the star formation activity of galaxies, I discover two complementary subpopulations of galaxies abundant in clusters: visually undisturbed passive spirals, and undisturbed star-forming lenticulars. In addition to being visually symmetric, these passive cluster spirals are also consistently smoother than their star-forming counterparts. These observations, therefore, strongly advocate gentle physical processes acting on the gas content to modify the star formation properties of galaxies accreted into clusters, without large-scale disturbances in their stellar structure. Considering the variations of quantitative galaxy structure with the star formation history of galaxies, I find that the young, star-forming galaxies are consistently rougher and more asymmetric than the galaxies with older passive stellar populations. Further, the galaxies with different average stellar ages seem to have similar distributions of RFF and A_res over cluster/field environments, thereby emphasising that the star formation history of galaxies is strongly linked to their intrinsic structure alone. Finally, complementing the global cluster/field environment, I explore the projected phase--space as a tool to investigate possible variations in galaxy structure and their stellar ages over the internal cluster environment. The analysis with the projected phase--space shows a decrease in the fraction of galaxies with younger stellar populations in the cluster core when separated by morphology, especially for spirals. This trend, however, is less pronounced in the observed distributions of RFF and A_res across the projected phase--space and the field. All these observations, when put together, signify that the star formation in galaxies is shut down as they get accreted into clusters, while the internal structure of galaxies remains more or less unaffected. The actual morphological change in galaxies, therefore, will follow later after the star formation has already been truncated. Furthermore, the physical mechanisms driving these transformations would, therefore, be gas extinguishing ICM processes like ram-pressure stripping and starvation, which leave the galaxy structure undisturbed.
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Hashimoto, K. "The process of the Chinese acceptance of Western astronomy : 1629-1635." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.383766.

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Lanagan, Peter D. "Geologic history of the Cerberus Plains, Mars." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/290115.

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This work examines the relative chronology of geologic units within the Cerberus Plains of Mars with an emphasis on lava flows emplaced after the last Marte Valles fluvial episode. High resolution images show the bulk of the Cerberus Plains is covered by platy-ridged and inflated lavas, which are interpreted as insulated sheet flows. Eastern Cerberus Plains lavas originate at Cerberus Fossae fissures and shields. Some flows extend for >2000 km through Marte Valles into Amazonis Planitia. Athabasca Valles are both incised into pristine lavas and embayed by pristine lavas, indicating that Athabascan fluvial events were contemporaneous with volcanic eruptions. Deposits of the Medusae Fossae Formation lie both over and under lavas, suggesting the deposition of the Medusae Fossae Formation was contemporaneous with volcanism. Statistics of small craters indicate lavas in the Western Cerberus Plains may be less than a million years old, but the model isochrons may be unreliable if the small crater population is dominated by secondary craters. Images showing no large craters with diameters >500 m superimposed on Western Cerberus Plains lavas indicate the same surface is younger than 49 Ma. High resolution Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) images have revealed the existence of small cones in the Cerberus Plains, Marte Valles, and Amazonis Planitia. These cones are similar in both morphology and planar dimensions to the larger Icelandic rootless cones, which form due to explosive interactions between surficial lavas and near-surface groundwater. If martian cones form in the same manner as terrestrial rootless cones, then equatorial ground-ice or ground water must have been present near the surface in geologically recent times. Evidence for a shallow lake in the Western Cerberus Plains during the Late Amazonian is also presented. High-resolution images show features interpreted as flood-eroded scarps and fluvial spillways exiting the lake. Based on present-day topography, a lake would have covered an area of 8.4 x 10⁴ km², had an average depth of 12 m, and have contained a volume of 1.0 x 10³ km³ of water. Lake waters were likely primarily lost to the atmosphere through sublimation, although some quantity of water likely spilled into the Eastern Cerberus Plains or infiltrated into the shallow crust.
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Kuntschner, Harald. "The star formation history of early-type galaxies in the Fornax cluster." Thesis, Durham University, 1998. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/4849/.

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We have measured central line strengths and line-strength gradients for a complete sample of early-type galaxies in the Fornax cluster, comprising 11 elliptical and 11 lenticular galaxies, more luminous than M(_B) = -17. We find that the centres of Fornax ellipticals follow the locus of galaxies of fixed age in Worthey's models and have metallicities varying roughly from half solar to 2.5 times solar. Line-strength gradients indicate that elliptical galaxies do not show age gradients with radius but do exhibit a decrease of ~ 0.4 dex in [Fe/H] between the centre and one effective radius. The centres of lenticular galaxies however exhibit a substantial spread to younger luminosity weighted ages indicating a more extended star formation history. Metallicity gradients are generally shallower than for ellipticals. Five of the faint S0s have experienced a central starburst on top of an underlying older stellar population. Our conclusions are based on several age/metallicity diagnostic diagrams in the Lick/IDS system comprising established indices such as [MgFe] and Hβ as well as new and more sensitive indices such as C4668, Fe3 and Hγ(_A). The inferred difference in the age distribution between lenticular and elliptical galaxies is a robust conclusion as the models generate consistent relative ages using different age and metallicity indicators even though the absolute ages remain uncertain. The absolute age uncertainty is caused by the effects of non-solar abundance ratios which are not accounted for in the stellar population models. We find that Es are generally overabundant in magnesium where the most luminous galaxies show stronger overabundances. The luminosity weighted stellar populations of young S0s are consistent with solar abundance ratios, however the bulges of the two large S0s in our sample have [Mg/Fe] > 0. We have analysed in detail the sources of scatter in the Mg-crg relation by investigating the effects of age, metallicity and [Mg/Fe] variations. We find that young stellar populations are responsible for most of the scatter towards weak Mg-absorption. However, for the roughly coeval ellipticals the scatter at a given ctq is correlated with [Mg/Fe variations; metallicity and age effects seem to be less important. The young luminosity weighted ages of the faint S0s in the Fornax cluster are consistent with the recent discovery that the fraction of S0 galaxies in intermediate redshift clusters is a factor of 2-3 lower than found locally, and suggests that a fraction of the cluster spiral galaxy population has evolved into these faint S0s in the 5 Gyrs interval from z = 0.5 to the present. One of the proposed transformation mechanisms is the galaxy harassment picture. The properties of young S0s with large bulge to disk ratios in our sample are remarkably similar to the proposed end-products of galaxy harassment. However, we note that there are young disky S0s which are unlikely to be the result of harassment. Two of the faintest lenticular galaxies in our sample have blue continua and extremely strong Balmer-line absorption suggesting starbursts < 2 Gyrs ago.
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Newsham, Grant. "The Horizontal Branch as a probe of stellar population history." The Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1190035518.

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Nall, Joshua Fordor Kellogg. "News from Mars : transatlantic mass media and the practice of new astronomy, 1870-1910." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648750.

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Books on the topic "History of Astronomy"

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Lindberg, Christensen Lars, ed. Eyes on the skies: 400 years of telescopic discovery. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 2009.

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1934-, Lankford John, ed. History of astronomy: An encyclopedia. New York: Garland Pub., 1997.

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The Fontana history of astronomy and cosmology. London: Fontana Press, 1994.

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Ansari, S. M. Razaullah, ed. History of Oriental Astronomy. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9862-0.

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Leverington, David. A History of Astronomy. London: Springer London, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2124-4.

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Pannekoek, Anton. A history of astronomy. New York: Dover Publications, 1989.

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Pannekoek, Anton. A history of astronomy. New York: Dover, 1989.

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Couper, Heather. The history of astronomy. Richmond Hill, Ont: Firefly Books, 2007.

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Nigel, Henbest, ed. The history of astronomy. London: Cassell Illustrated, 2007.

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Inc, World Book, ed. Astronomy. Chicago, IL: World Book, 2009.

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Book chapters on the topic "History of Astronomy"

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Eddy, J. A., J. D. North, S. Debarbat, H. Eelsalu, O. Pedersen, and Xi Ze-Zong. "History of Astronomy." In Reports on Astronomy, 567–68. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1988. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2981-4_31.

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Bergeron, Jacqueline. "History of Astronomy." In Reports on Astronomy, 461–62. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1100-3_31.

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West, Richard M. "History of Astronomy." In Reports on Astronomy, 581–82. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1985. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5392-5_31.

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Hanslmeier, Arnold. "History of Astronomy." In Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics, 39–63. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-64637-3_3.

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Howard, Tim. "History." In SpringerBriefs in Astronomy, 15–45. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7975-8_2.

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Jiang, Xiaoyuan. "Astronomy." In A History of Chinese Science and Technology, 41–120. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44257-9_2.

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Leverington, David. "Radio Astronomy." In A History of Astronomy, 310–19. London: Springer London, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2124-4_15.

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Smith, Robert W. "Early history space astronomy." In 400 Years of Astronomical Telescopes, 447–59. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2233-2_31.

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Culver, Roger B. "Astronomy." In Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, 667–77. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7747-7_8453.

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Ansari, S. M. R., S. J. Dick, S. Débarbat, A. Gurshtein, S. Nakayama, and J. D. North. "Commission 41: History of Astronomy/Histoire de L’Astronomie." In Reports on Astronomy, 603–5. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5762-9_44.

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Conference papers on the topic "History of Astronomy"

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Ekers, Ronald D. "The history of innovation in radio astronomy." In From Antikythera to the Square Kilometre Array: Lessons from the Ancients. Trieste, Italy: Sissa Medialab, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/1.170.0014.

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Dagkesamanskii, Rustam D. "Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory: Shortly About History and Instrumentation Development." In 2023 8th IEEE History of Electrotechnology Conference (HISTELCON). IEEE, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/histelcon56357.2023.10365989.

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TRUEMPER, JOACHIM E. "A BRIEF HISTORY OF X-RAY ASTRONOMY IN GERMANY." In Proceedings of the MG11 Meeting on General Relativity. World Scientific Publishing Company, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789812834300_0001.

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Raue, Martin, and Manuel Meyer. "How recent limits on the extragalactic background light constrain the star formation history." In HIGH ENERGY GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY: 5th International Meeting on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy. AIP, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4772334.

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Topunov, A. F., and O. V. Kosmachevskaya. "PARALLEL DEVELOPMENT OF BIOLOGY AND PHYSICS IN SCIENCE HISTORY." In NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES IN MEDICINE, BIOLOGY, PHARMACOLOGY AND ECOLOGY. LLC Institute Information Technologies, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.47501/978-5-6044060-3-8.116-121.

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When considering the history of biology and physics, one can see parallelism in the main stages of their development, up to the proximity of dates of the most important discoveries. Therefore, the widespread opinion that almost all the time it was physics that was the science leader is not entirely true. Interestingly, the early stages of biology development were often preceded by corresponding stages of medicine, and the stages of physics – by astronomy.
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Ekers, Ron. "The History of Radio Astronomy: celebrating 90 years of innovation and discovery." In XXXVth URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium. Gent, Belgium: URSI – International Union of Radio Science, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.46620/ursigass.2023.3780.zvsb8690.

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Gergely, Tomas E. "A History of RFI Protection of Radio Astronomy and the Latest Threats." In 2019 URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference (AP-RASC). IEEE, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.23919/ursiap-rasc.2019.8738141.

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Siudek, M., K. Malek, B. Garilli, M. Scodeggio, A. Fritz, A. Pollo, U. Abbas, et al. "VIPERS view of the star formation history of early-type galaxies." In XXXVI Symposium on Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments (Wilga 2015), edited by Ryszard S. Romaniuk. SPIE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2202710.

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Ueta, Toshiya, Hideyuki Izumiura, Issei Yamamura, Osamu Hashimoto, Mikako Matsuura, Takashi Miyata, Yoshikazu Nakada, et al. "Excavating Mass Loss History in Extended Dust Shells of Evolved Stars: the MLHES Mission Programme with the AKARI Astronomy Satellite." In UNSOLVED PROBLEMS IN STELLAR PHYSICS: A Conference in Honor of Douglas Gough. AIP, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2818995.

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Wyman, Charles L. "X-ray optics at the Marshall Space Flight Center." In OSA Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C.: Optica Publishing Group, 1987. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/oam.1987.wp1.

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MSFC has been involved with solar and stellar x-ray programs from the earliest days of the space program. In fact, its predecessor organization, the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA), flew the first orbital x-ray detector on Explorer VII. Over the years MSFC has been involved in numerous payloads for measuring solar and stellar x rays, including two solar x-ray telescopes on the Apollo Telescope Mount, the HEAO-2 (Einstein) Observatory, Spacelab payloads, a variety of sounding rockets, and now the Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) program. The history of involvement with x-ray astronomy payloads at the MSFC is outlined dating back to the work at ABMA on Explorer VII. Technological advances achieved over the years are discussed. The AXAF program is briefly described.
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Reports on the topic "History of Astronomy"

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Price, S. D. History of Space-Based Infrared Astronomy and the Air Force Infrared Celestial Backgrounds Program. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, April 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada513643.

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