History of Astronomy

A Tool for Many Purposes: Hermann Zoest (d. 1445) and the Christian Appropriation of the Jewish Calendar

by Philipp Nothaft

to be published in "Journal with Jewish Studies"

Babylonian Calendar for 2000-2019

by Mathieu Ossendrijver

M. Ossendrijver, 2012: `Babylonian Calendar for 2000-2019. First appearances of the lunar crescent in Babylon computed for 2000-2019'

Un ciel de fer et de bronze

by Florent Mathias

Publié dans 'les Cahiers de Science et Vie' n°129 (mai 2012), pp. 27-31)

La question de l'existence d'une forme d'astronomie antérieure aux périodes historiques en Europe occidentale a... more La question de l'existence d'une forme d'astronomie antérieure aux périodes historiques en Europe occidentale a longtemps divisé archéologues et astronomes. Le sujet a malheureusement fait l'objet de nombreuses récupérations pour étayer des thèses pseudo-scientifiques, ce qui a contribué à le discréditer aux yeux de la communauté scientifique.

Au regard d'un certain nombre de découvertes archéologiques parmi les plus spectaculaires de ces vingt dernières années, la question mérite cependant d'être de nouveau considérée sérieusement.

Le présent article est une courte synthèse présentant les principaux résultats des recherches que je mène depuis maintenant deux ans dans le cadre d'un Master Recherche en Archéologie Protohistorique à l'Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Jesuítas e Ciência em Portugal. III - As expedições científicas e a observação dos eclipses solares de 1900 e 1905

by Francisco Malta Romeiras

Francisco Malta Romeiras e Henrique Leitão (2012) “Jesuítas e Ciência em Portugal. III - As expedições científicas e as observações dos eclipses solares de 1900 e 1905” Brotéria 174, 227-237

David Hume and Copernicanism

by Silvia Manzo

Aristotele, De caelo - Giordano Bruno, De l'Infinito: confronto e commento.

by Stefano Ulliana

Victorian observing practices, printing technology, and representations of the solar corona

by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

The Social Event of the Season: Solar Eclipse Expeditions and Victorian Culture

by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

Gender, Culture, and Astrophysical Fieldwork: Elizabeth Campbell and the Lick Observatory–Crocker Eclipse Expeditions

by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

Ma Federico 2. si è occupato di astronomia?

by Antonella Ghignoli

Published in: «Books seem to me to be pestilent things». Studî in onore di Piero Innocenti per i suoi 65 anni, Promossi da Varo A. Vecchiarelli. Raccolti, ordinati, curati da Cristina Cavallaro, 2 tomi con paginazione continua, Manziana, Vecchiarelli, 2011, pp. 1083-1096, ISBN 978-88-8247-287-0.

Il 'Trattato dell'Astrolabio' di Chaucer

by Nazario Pierdominici

published in: Annali della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia,
Università di Macerata, XXV-XXVI (1992-1993), pp. 45-57

Mathematische astronomie in Babylonie

by Mathieu Ossendrijver

M. Ossendrijver, 2007, Phoenix 53, 84-99

Il pianeta Giove nella tradizione mesopotamica

by Lorenzo Verderame

published in "Rivista degli Studi Orientali" 83 (2010), pp. 443-452

Rev. of E. Reiner (in collaboration with D. Pingree), Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Four, CM 30, Brill – Styx:... more Rev. of E. Reiner (in collaboration with D. Pingree), Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Four, CM 30, Brill – Styx: Leiden-Boston, 2005

Astronomical Historiography in four Movements

by Miguel Á. Molinero

J.A. Belmonte Avilés; M. Shaltout (eds.): In search of cosmic order: selected essays on Egyptian archaeoastronomy. Cairo, SCA, 2009: 51-74.

The historiographical composition alluded to in the title of the chapter is made up of four relatively independent... more The historiographical composition alluded to in the title of the chapter is made up of four relatively independent studies. In them, in chronological order, personages and situations representatives of different modes of approach to the ancient Egyptian astronomy are dealt with.
The first part shows the birth of European interest in this Egyptian science, especially its calendar, which was encountered through classical writers; and in contrast how their search to identify the instruments employed to measure time was frustrated.
The second part emphasizes the two major astronomical discoveries of the Commission des Sciences et Arts of the Egyptian Campaign of the French army at the end of the 18th Century: the so-called “zodiacs” and the cardinal orientation of the Giza constructions; it also presents Jomard’s opinions which reinforced the then developing stream of mystical interpretation of the pyramids.
The next paragraphs focus respectively on two highly regarded British astronomers of the 19th Century.
Ch. P. Smyth directed his efforts towards a dead end for Archaeoastronomy and Egyptology, but his work had enormous impact since the
pseudoscience known as “pyramidology” developed from it.
N. Lockyer, despite the mistakes in his work, opened the way to the recognition of a still unknown aspect of Egyptian beliefs: the orientation of sacred buildings and its mythological implications.

Between Crucifixion and Calendar Reform: Medieval Christian Perceptions of the Jewish Lunisolar Calendar

by Philipp Nothaft

to be published in Living the Lunar Calendar, edited by Jonathan Ben-Dov, Wayne Horowitz, and John Steele. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2012

Lingering invisibly in the sky: on the meaning of uštānih

by Mathieu Ossendrijver

M. Ossendrijver, NABU, nr. 39, p 49-52 (2008)

Korrekturen zu `Astronomie und Astrologie in Babylonien' (2008)

by Mathieu Ossendrijver

Korrekturen (2009) zu: Astronomie und Astrologie in Babylonien, in: J. Marzahn (Hrsg.), 'Babylon. Wahrheit', Katalog zur Ausstellung 'Babylon. Mythos und Wahrheit, Pergamonmuseum Berlin, 2008, 373-386

Der Himmel über Babylon. Astronomie im Alten Orient

by Mathieu Ossendrijver

M. Ossendrijver, in: E. Seidl, Ph. Aumann (Hrsg.), 'Der Himmel. Wunschbild und Weltverständnis', Begleitband zur gleichnamigen Ausstellung, Museum der Universität Tübingen, 2011

Die Sonne im Alten Orient - Konzeptionen zwischen Mythos und Wissenschaft

by Mathieu Ossendrijver

M. Ossendrijver, 2009, in: A. Bärnreuthner (ed.), 'Die Sonne. Brennpunkt der Kulturen der Welt' (Staatliche Museen Berlin, Deutsche Bank Stiftung und Edition Minerva), 54-65

Astronomie und Astrologie in Babylonien

by Mathieu Ossendrijver

M. Ossendrijver, 2008, in: J. Marzahn (Hrsg.), 'Babylon. Wahrheit', Katalog zur Ausstellung 'Babylon. Mythos und Wahrheit, Pergamonmuseum Berlin, 373-386