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1. William Herschel (1738 - 1822) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Herschel_William/

   25 Jan 2024: M Hoskin, William Herschel and the Southern Skies, Journal of the History of Astronomy 41 (2010), 503. ... S Schaffer, Uranus and the Establishment of Herschel's Astronomy, Journal of the History of Astronomy 12 (1981, 11-26.

2. Indian Mathematics - Redressing the balance - Projects - MacTutor…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Projects/Pearce/

   7 Mar 2023: Spread and Triumph of Indian Numerals. Indian Journal of History of Science 18, 23-38. ... 2000). Birth and Early Development of Indian Astronomy. The History of Non-Western Astronomy, 303-340.

3. Copernicus autograph - MacTutor History of Mathematics

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Copernicus_autograph/

   7 Mar 2023: N M Swerdlow, The Holograph of De Revolutionibus and the Chronology of its Composition, Journal of the History of Astronomy 5 (1974), 186-198. ... N M Swerdlow, On Establishing the Text of De Revolutionibus, Journal of the History of Astronomy 12 (1981),

4. Pulkovo Observatory - MacTutor History of Mathematics

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Pulkovo_Observatory/

   7 Mar 2023: The following is taken from three sources: A I Eremeeva, Political Repression and Personality: The History of Political Repression Against Soviet Astronomers, Journal for the History of Astronomy (1995), 297-324; ... V E L'vov, a writer of popular

5. Otto Toeplitz PDF (755k)

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Strick/toeplitz.pdf

   7 Aug 2023: He was passionate about his teaching and set up an educational colloquium for his student teachers, which dealt in particular with topics from the history of mathematics. ... Physik (Sources and Studies on the History of Mathematics, Astronomy and Physics

6. Harlow Shapley (1885 - 1972) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Shapley_Harlow/

   21 Apr 2023: O Gingerich, Through Rugged Ways to the Galaxies, Journal for the History of Astronomy 21 (1990), 77-88. ... O Gingerich, Through Rugged Ways to the Galaxies, Journal for the History of Astronomy 21 (1990), 77-78.

7. Water-clocks - MacTutor History of Mathematics

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Water_clocks/

   7 Mar 2023: Journal for the History of Astronomy, 2001. xxxii(108): p. 189-222. J Fermor, Timing the sun in Egypt and Mesopotamia. ... P Pattenden, A Late Sundial at Aphrodisias. The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1981.

8. John Sacrobosco (1195 - 1256) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Sacrobosco/

   7 Mar 2023: The book, which predates Grosseteste's astronomy book, is well written and was widely used throughout Europe from the middle of the 13th Century. ... O Pedersen, In Quest of Sacrobosco, Journal for the History of Astronomy 16 (1985), 175-221.

9. Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Galileo/

   30 Dec 2023: S Drake, Galileo, Kepler, and the phases of Venus, Journal for the history of astronomy 15 (1984), 198-208. ... S Drake, Galileo and satellite prediction, Journal for the history of astronomy 10 (1979), 75-95.

10. Sundials - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Sundials/

    7 Mar 2023: Journal for the History of Astronomy, 2001. xxxii(108): p. 189-222. J Fermor, Timing the sun in Egypt and Mesopotamia. ... P Pattenden, A Late Sundial at Aphrodisias. The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1981.