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1. 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.

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

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

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

   25 Jan 2024: M Hoskin, William Herschel's Agenda for His Son John, Journal of the History of Astronomy 43 (2012), 439-454. ... J T Spaight, 'For the Good of Astronomy': The Manufacture, Sale, and Distant Use of William Herschel's Telescopes, Journal of the History of

8. 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. ... G F Serio, Giuseppe Piazzi and the discovery of the proper motion of 61 Cygni, Journal for the History of

9. Black holes - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

   7 Mar 2023: C Montgomery, W Orchiston and I Whittingham, Michell, Laplace and the origin of the black hole concept, Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 12 (2) (2009), 90-96. ... S Schaffer, John Mitchell and Black Holes, Journal for the History of Astronomy

10. Levi ben Gerson (1288 - 1344) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: B R Goldstein, Levi ben Gerson : On instrumental errors and the transversal scale, Journal for the History of Astronomy 8 (1977), 102-112. ... J D North, Levi's astronomical tables, Journal for the History of Astronomy 7 (1976), 212-213.