Links for Honors 210
"Portraits" of Ptolemy | This site contains Renaissance portraits of Ptolemy, and more authentic ones of Copernicus (?) and Galileo |
Starry Messenger | Cambridge University (England) site for early history of astronomy |
Adler Planetarium | Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in Chicago -- very good history section |
The Galileo Project | at Rice University -- very good |
The Astrolabe | The astrolabe is one of the more important instruments used in Renaissance astronomy and navigation. |
Renaissance Astrology | I include this site a bit nervously--the author appears to be a true believer! But there is also a lot of good historical information. |
Robert Hatch's site | at the University of Florida -- a bit hard to navigate, but contains a great deal of information on all aspects of the history of science |
Kepler | from NASA--contains good links, some animations |
Newton | Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences site -- mostly a collection of links |
The Newton Project | from University of Sussex, England; has a lot of manuscript material, including some of Newton's theological writings |
Einstein | History of Physics Center at the American Institute of Physics site. Reliable, interesting, good links. |
MacTutor | History of Mathematics site from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Good source of photos. |
epicycle simulation | from Syracuse University |
another epicycle simulation | from LaSalle University |
two-sphere universe | from Hong Kong; nice simulations |
Models of planetary motion | from Cal State Fullerton; nice simulations |
Antikythera
mechanism 1 Antikythera mechanism 2 Antikythera mechanism 3 |
These three links explain the Antikythera mechanism, the ancient Greek astronomical computer that has been in the news over the past few years. |