Directory: Top/Science/Astronomy/History

Atlas Celeste
A rare celestial atlas discovered in the library of the Manchester Astronomical Society.
http://www.mikeoates.org/mas/bevis/home.htm
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The Manchester Astronomical Society History
The first hundred years, list of presidents, list of archived documents.
http://www.mikeoates.org/mas/history.htm
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Russell A. Hulse - Nobel Lecture
The discovery of the binary pulsar.
http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/1993/hulse-lecture.html
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The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
Robert Woodrow Wilson Nobel Lecture.
http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/1978/wilson-lecture.html
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Telescopes from the Ground Up
The history of telescopes.
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/groundup/
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A History of X-ray Astronomy at Goddard
Describes observations using balloons, rockets and satellites.
http://universe.gsfc.nasa.gov/xrays/history.html
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Out of This World
Exhibition catalog for The Golden Age of the Celestial Atlas. Includes an historical essay and sample pictures.
http://www.lindahall.org/events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/stars/index.html
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The Society For The History Of Astronomy
Academic and popular topics, with a focus on Britain.
http://www.freewebs.com/sochistastro/
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Gene Smith's Brief History of Astronomy
Covers the development of this ancient science from days of Stonehenge (3100 BC) to the discovery of Pulsars (1968 AD). Includes related resource links.
http://cass.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/History.html
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Hindu Cosmological Time Cycles
An accurate calendar and the progenitor of the sexagesimal (base 60) "degree, minutes, seconds" measurement system.
http://westgatehouse.com/cycles.html
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