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41. Black holes - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: S Schaffer, John Mitchell and Black Holes, Journal for the History of Astronomy 10 (1979), 42-43. ... S Soter and N deGrasse Tyson, Case Study: John Michell And Black Holes, Cosmic Horizons: Astronomy at the Cutting Edge, American Museum of Natural

42. Morphological astronomy - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: We shall also discuss some practical applications of this method. It will, of course, not be possible to carry through the morphological analysis in all fields of astronomy. ... The treatment of the tremendous field of the applications of astronomy to

43. Thomas Heath (1861 - 1940) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Jan 2024: Perhaps his most famous work, however, is History of Greek Mathematics which appeared in 1921. ... Following the publication of History of Greek Mathematics he was elected president of the Mathematical Association for 1922-23.

44. 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),

45. The Structure of the Solar System - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: References:. M Hoskin, The Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy (Cambridge, 1999). ... D Leverington, Encyclopaedia of the History of Astronomy and Astrophysics (Cambridge, 2013).

46. Varahamihira (505 - 587) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    30 Dec 2023: Shukla states in [11]:-. The Pancasiddhantika of Varahamihira is one of the most important sources for the history of Hindu astronomy before the time of Aryabhata I I. ... G Ifrah, A universal history of numbers : From prehistory to the invention of the

47. Hirst prize - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    27 Mar 2024: It is the most widely used and influential web-based resource in history of mathematics. ... We learned of Whittaker's huge breadth of scholarship, in science, mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, religion, history of physics and mathematics, and gardening

48. Water-clocks - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: xvi, 333 p : ill ; 28 cm. S Schechner, The Material Culture of Astronomy in Daily Life: Sundials, Science, and Social Change. ... Journal for the History of Astronomy, 2001. xxxii(108): p. 189-222. J Fermor, Timing the sun in Egypt and Mesopotamia.

49. Edmond Halley (1656 - 1742) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    30 Dec 2023: Halley's other activities included studying archaeology, geophysics, the history of astronomy, and the solution of polynomial equations. ... Ed. 2 (4) (1986), 25-27. F Verbunt, M van der Sluys, Why Halley Did Not Discover Proper Motion and Why Cassini Did

50. Lalande Ladies astronomy - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: We have, in history, many instances of the ill-effects of ignorance in the science of astronomy as experienced by whole nations. ... Having given some idea of the utility and advantages of astronomy, we will consider the history and progress of this