General Bibliography These are selected, recently published books on the history of astronomy (excluding textbooks). Consult them in addition to article, Selected References. Preference is given to those books written in–or translated into–English, the language of this encyclopedia. References to biographies, institutional histories, conference procee- dings, and journal/compendium articles appear in individual entry bibliographies. Ince, Martin. Dictionary of Astronomy. Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997. RENAISSANCE ASTRONOMY GENERAL Crowe, Michael J. Theories of the World from Antiquity to the Copernican Revolu- Abetti, Giorgio. The History of Astronomy. H. Schuman, 1952. tion. Dover Publications, 1990. Berry, Arthur. A Short History of Astronomy from Earliest Times Through the Eleanor-Roos, Anna Marie. Luminaries in the Natural World: The Sun and Moon Nineteenth Century. Dover Publications, 1961. in England, 1400–1720. Peter Lang Publishing, 2001. Clerke, Agnes. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century. Jervis, Jane. Cometary Theory in Fifteenth-Century Europe. D. Reidel Publishing A. and C. Black, 1902. Company, 1985. DeVorkin, David (editor). Beyond Earth: Mapping the Universe. National Geo- Koyré, Alexander. The Astronomical Revolution: Copernicus – Kepler – Borrelli. graphic Society, 2002. Dover Publications, 1992. Ferris, Timothy. Coming of Age in the Milky Way. William Morrow & Company, Kuhn, Thomas S. The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the 1988. Development of Western Thought. Harvard University Press, 1957. Grant, Robert. History of Physical Astronomy From the Earliest Ages to the Middle Randles, W. G. L. The Unmaking of the Medieval Christian Cosmos, 1500–1760: of the Nineteenth Century. Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1966. From Solid Heavens to Boundless Æther. Ashgate Publishing Company, Hoskin, Michael. The Cambridge Illustrated History of Astronomy. Cambridge 1999. University Press, 1997. Schofield, Christine.Tychonic and Semi-tychonic World Systems. Arno Press, Hoyle, Fred. Astronomy. Crescent Books, 1962. 1981. Lankford, John (editor). History of Astronomy: An Encyclopedia. Garland Taton, René and Wilson, Curtis (editors). Planetary Astronomy from the Publishing, 1997. Renaissance to the Rise of Astrophysics, parts A & B. Cambridge University Motz, Lloyd and Weaver, Jefferson. The Story of Astronomy. Plenum Press, 1995. Press, 1989 & 1995. North, John. The Norton History of Astronomy and Cosmology. W. W. Norton van Helden, Albert. Measuring the Universe: Cosmic Dimensions from Aristarchus and Company, 1995. to Halley. University of Chicago Press, 1985. Pannekoek, Antoine. A History of Astronomy. Dover Publications, 1989. Warner, Deborah. The Sky Explored: Celestial Cartography 1500–1800. Alan R. Tauber, Gerald E. Man’s Discovery of the Universe: A Pictorial History. Crown Liss, Inc., 1979. Publishers, 1979. ASTROPHYSICS Toulmin, Stephen and Goodfield, June. The Fabric of the Heavens: The DeVorkin, David. The History of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics: A Selected, Development of Astronomy and Dynamics. Harper and Row, 1961. Annotated Bibliography. Garland Publishing, 1982. Wilson, Robert. Astronomy through the Ages: The Story of the Human Attempt to Friedlander, Michael W. A Thin Cosmic Rain: Particles from Outer Space. Understand the Universe. Princeton University Press, 1997. Harvard University Press, 2000. ANCIENT ASTRONOMY Gingerich, Owen (editor). Astrophysics and Twentieth-century Astronomy to Bobrovnikoff, Nicholas. Astronomy Before the Telescope, vols. 1 & 2. Pachart 1950. Cambridge University Press, 1984. Publishing House, 1984. Herrmann, Dieter. The History of Astronomy from Herschel to Hertzsprung. Dicks, D. R. Early Greek Astronomy to Aristotle. Cornell University Press, Cambridge University Press, 1984. 1970. Leverington, David. A History of Astronomy: From 1890 to the Present. Springer Dreyer, J. L. E. A History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler. Dover Publications, Verlag, 1995. 1953. Leverington, David. New Cosmic Horizons: Space Astronomy from the V2 to the Evans, James. The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy. Oxford University Hubble Space Telescope. Cambridge University Press, 2000. Press, 1998. Struve, Otto and Zebergs, Velta. Astronomy of the 20th Century. Macmillan, Grant, Edward. Planets, Stars, and Orbs: The Medieval Cosmos, 1200–1687. 1962. Cambridge University Press, 1996. THE MOON Heath, Thomas. Greek Astronomy. Dover Publications, 1991. Montgomery, Scott. The Moon and the Western Imagination. University of Hetherington, Barry. A Chronicle of Pre-Telescopic Astronomy. John Wiley & Arizona Press, 1999. Sons, 1996. Sheehan, William and Dobbins, Thomas. Epic Moon: A History of Lunar Hetherington, Norriss. Ancient Astronomy and Civilization. Packart Publishing Exploration in the Age of the Telescope. Willman-Bell, Inc., 2001. House, 1987. Whitaker, Ewen. Mapping and Naming the Moon: A History of Lunar McCluskey, Stephen C. Astronomies and Cultures in Early Medieval Europe. Cartography and Nomenclature. Cambridge University Press, 1999. Cambridge University Press, 1998. Wilhelms, Don E. To A Rocky Moon: A Geologist’s History of Lunar Exploration. O’Neil, William. Early Astronomy: From Babylonia to Copernicus. Sydney University of Arizona Press, 1993. University Press, 1986. Pedersen, Olaf. Early Physics and Astronomy: A Historical Introduction (Revised THE SUN Edition). Cambridge University Press, 1993. Brody, Judit. The Enigma of Sunspots: A Story of Discovery and Scientific Thurston, Hugh. Early Astronomy. Springer Verlag, 1994. Revolution. Floris Books, 2002. Walker, Christopher (editor). Astronomy Before the Telescope. Saint Martin’s Falck-Ytter, Harald; Lovgren, Torbjorn; and Alexander, Robin. Aurora: The Northern Press, 1996. Lights in Mythology, History, and Science. Anthroposophic Press, 1999. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007 1272 General Bibliography Hufbauer, Karl. Exploring the Sun: Solar Science Since Galileo. Johns Hopkins Pecker, Jean-Claude. Understanding the Heavens: 30 Centuries of Astronomi- University Press, 1991. cal Ideas from Ancient Thinking to Modern Cosmology. Springer Verlag, Pang, Alex Soojung-Kim. Empire and Sun: Victorian Solar Eclipse Expeditions. 2000. Stanford University Press, 2002. Steele, Duncan and Davies, Paul. Eclipse: The Celestial Phenomenon that Changed COSMOGONY the Course of History. Henry John, 2001. Brush, Stephen G. History of Modern Planetary Physics, vols. 1, 2, & 3. Cambridge University Press. 1996. PLANETS Crowe, Michael. The Extraterrestrial Life Debate, 1750–1900. Cambridge Baum, Richard and Sheehan, William. In Search of Planet Vulcan: The Ghost in University Press, 1986. Newton’s Clockwork Universe. Plenum Press, 1997. Dick, Steven J. Plurality of Worlds: The Origins of the Extraterrestrial Life Debate Hockey, Thomas. Galileo’s Planet: Observing Jupiter Before Photography. Institute from Democritus to Kant. Cambridge University Press, 1982. of Physics, 1996. Dick, Steven J. Life on Other Worlds: The 20th Century Extraterrestrial Life Hoyt, William. Planets X and Pluto. University of Arizona Press, 1980. Debate. Cambridge University Press, 1998. Schorn, Ronald. Planetary Astronomy from Ancient Times to the Third Gribbin, John and Gribbin, Mary. Ice Age. Barnes and Noble, Inc., 2002. Millennium. Texas A & M University Press, 1998. Jaki, Stanley L. Planets and Planetarians: A History of Theories of the Origin of Sheehan, William. Planets and Perception: Telescopic Views and Interpretations, Planetary Systems. John Wiley and Sons, 1977. This book contains many 1609–1909. University of Arizona Press, 1988. whiggish sentiments, but nonetheless provides an important synthesis. Sheehan, William. Worlds in the Sky. University of Arizona Press, 1992. Sheehan, William. The Planet Mars: A History of Observation and Discovery. REGIONAL ASTRONOMY University of Arizona Press, 1996. Chapman, Allan. The Victorian Amateur Astronomer: Independent Astronomical Standage, Tom. The Neptune File: A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Research in Britain, 1820–1920. Praxis Publishing, 1998. Pioneers of Planet Hunting. Walker & Company, 2000. Doel, Ronald. Solar System Astronomy in America: Communities, Patronage, SMALL SOLAR-SYSTEM BODIES and Interdisciplinary Research, 1920–1960. Cambridge University Press, 1996. Cunningham, Clifford J. Introduction to Asteroids: The Next Frontier. Willmann- Evans, David. Under Capricorn: A History of Southern Hemisphere Astronomy. Bell, 1987. Institute of Physics Publishing, 1988. Hoyt, William Graves. Coon Mountain Controversies: Meteor Crater and the Fauvel, John; Flood, Raymond; and Wilson, Robin (editors). Möbius and his Development of Impact Theory. University of Arizona Press, 1987. Band: Mathematics and Astronomy in Nineteenth Century Germany. Oxford Littmann, Mark. The Heavens on Fire: The Great Leonid Meteor Storms. University Press, 1993. Cambridge University Press, 1998. Haynes, Raymond; Haynes, Roslynn; Malin, David; and McGee, Richard. Peebles, Curtis. Asteroids: A History. Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000. Explorers of the Southern Sky: A History of Australian Astronomy. Schechner Genuth, Sara. Comets, Popular Culture, and the Birth of Modern Cambridge University Press, 1996. Cosmology. Princeton University Press, 1997. Ho Peng Yoke. Modern Scholarship on the History of Chinese Astronomy. Yeomans, Donald K. Comets: A Chronological History of Observation, Science, Australian National University Press, 1977. Myth and Folklore. Wiley, 1991. Hyde, Vicki. Godzone