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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. Doris Hellman (1910 - 1973) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    2 Dec 2023: N T Bobrovnikoff, Review: The Comet of I577: Its Place in the History of Astronomy, by C Doris Hellman, Isis 36 (3/4) (1946), 266-270. ... P Kibre, Review: The Comet of I577: Its Place in the History of Astronomy, by C Doris Hellman, Speculum 20 (3) (1945

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. Agner Erlang (1878 - 1929) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    28 Apr 2024: thorough knowledge of the history of mathematical tables from ancient times right up to the present. ... We get further insight into his character from [3]:-. He collected a large library of books mainly on mathematics, astronomy and physics, but he was

47. 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

48. 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.

49. 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.

50. 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