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31. Egyptian mathematics - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    18 Jan 2024: Knowing when the rainy season was about to arrive was vital and the study of astronomy developed to provide calendar information. ... G Ifrah, A universal history of numbers : From prehistory to the invention of the computer (London, 1998).

32. Giuseppe Piazzi (1746 - 1826) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    11 Jan 2024: I Chinnici, The relationship between the Ramsden Circles at Palermo and Dunsink, Journal for the History of Astronomy 40 (2009), 321-333. ... M Hurn, Secrets of the 1814 Palermo Star Catalogue, Society for the History of Astronomy (Annual General Meeting,

33. The Dynamics of the Solar System - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Astronomy/dynamics/

    7 Mar 2023: See: Reaches of the Milky Way]. References:. A Berry, A short history of astronomy from the earliest times through the nineteenth century (New York, 1961). ... M Hoskin A Very Short Introduction: The History of Astronomy (New York, 2003).

34. Brinkley Astronomy - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: In 1813 Brinkley published his textbook The Elements of Astronomy. A second edition was published in 1819. ... 2. Preface to Brinkley's Astronomy (1871). The Elements of Astronomy of Bishop Brinkley has for more than sixty years been used as a textbook

35. Annie Scott Dill Maunder (1868 - 1947) - Biography - MacTutor…

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

    17 May 2024: S Dalla and L Fletcher, A pioneer of solar astronomy, Astronomy & Geophysics 57 (5) (2016), 5.21-5.23. ... 266. M B Ogilvie, Obligatory Amateurs: Annie Maunder (1868-1947) and British Women Astronomers at the Dawn of Professional Astronomy, British

36. Egyptian Papyri - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    18 Jan 2024: G Ifrah, A universal history of numbers : From prehistory to the invention of the computer (London, 1998). ... Inst. Math. Appl. 16 (10) (1980), 219-221. S Gandz, A few notes on Egyptian and Babylonian mathematics, in Studies and Essays in the History of

37. The Reaches of the Milky Way - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Astronomy/galaxy/

    7 Mar 2023: 3. D Leverington, Encyclopaedia of the History of Astronomy and Astrophysics (Cambridge, 2013). ... Revolutionizing Cosmology) (Chicago,2005). 5. M Hoskin, The Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy (Ch 8.

38. Euclid on elementary astronomy - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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    7 Mar 2023: Although Euclid wrote a text on elementary astronomy, it is simply a work on spherical geometry, justified by its application to astronomy. ... in one body, while the eye is equidistant from the circumferences of the circles.

39. Alice Everett (1865 - 1949) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    17 May 2024: Everett, Alice, Survey of Astronomical History, Astronomers: Middlesex, The Society for the History of Astronomy. ... M B Ogilvie, Obligatory amateurs: Annie Maunder (1868-1947) and British women astronomers at the dawn of professional astronomy, British

40. The Infinite Universe - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Astronomy/universe/

    7 Mar 2023: References:. M Longair, The Cosmic Century (New York, 2006). D Leverington, Encyclopaedia of the History of Astronomy and Astrophysics (Cambridge, 2013). ... Revolutionizing Cosmology) (Chicago,2005). M Hoskin, The Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy