Vintage astronomy texts
Some nostalgic, vintage astronomy texts...
On the Heavens
Ball, R. S.
Great Astronomers
Bethe, Hans
"Supernovae"
Brahe, Tycho
Astronomicall Coniectur [A New Star]
Copernicus, Nicolaus
De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium [On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres]
Eddington, Sir Arthur
Philosophy of Physical Science
Relativity Theory of Protons and Electrons
Space, Time and Gravitation : An Outline of the General Relativity Theory
Stellar Movements and the Structure of the Universe
The Nature of the Physical World
Elger, Thomas Gwyn
The Moon: A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features
Galilei, Galileo
"Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems"
Gamow, George
One Two Three...Infinity: Facts & Speculations Of Science
Theory of Atomic Nucleus and Nuclear Energy Sources
Gillet, J. A.
"Astronomy: The Transit of Venus"
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Guillemin, Amédée
The Sun
Hoyle, Fred
Frontiers Of Astronomy
Koresh [Cyrus Reed Teed]
Lowell, Percival
The Evolution of the Worlds
The Solar System: Six Lectures Delivered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in December, 1902
Milne-Home, David
Essay on Comets, Which Gained the First of Dr. Fellowe's Prizes, Proposed to Those Who Had Attended the University of Edinburgh Within the Last Twelve Years (1828)
Mitchel, O. M.
The Astronomy of the Bible
Murray, David
"The Transit of Venus"
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Newcomb, Simon
Sidelights On Astronomy
Proctor, Richard A.
Transits of Venus: A Popular Account of Past and Coming Transits, From the First Observed by Horrocks A.D. 1639 to the Transit of A.D. 2012
Ptolemy
Tetrabiblos
Schiaparelli, Giovanni Virginio
"The Rotation and Physical Constitution of the Planet Mercury and the Planet Mars"
Serviss, Garrett P.
Astronomy with the naked eye
Curiosities of the Sky: A Popular Presentation of the Great Riddles and Mysteries of Astronomy
Smith, Charles H. [editor]
Man's Place in the Universe: A Study of the Results of Scientific Research in Relation to the Unity or Plurality of Worlds
Somerville, Mary
Mechanism of the Heavens
Stimson, Dorothy
Todhunter, I
A History of the Mathematical Theories of Attraction and the Figure of the Earth from the Time of Newton to That of Laplace--Volume 1
A History of the Mathematical Theories of Attraction and the Figure of the Earth from the Time of Newton to That of Laplace--Volume 2
Tyson, Winston C.
Celestial Amusements
Wallace, Alfred Russel
Is Mars Habitable? A Critical Examination of Professor Lowell's Book "Mars and Its Canals," With an Alternative Explanation
Whewell, William
- Shakespeare And Astronomy
"The Astronomy of Shakespeare" by Elizabeth Howell February 17th, 2013 Universe Today With all this talk lately of rocks whizzing by Earth (or crashing through the atmosphere), it’s remarkable that we didn’t even know of space rocks a few...
- Franceso Ingoli, Galileo And The Roman Inquisition
In January of 1616, the month before before the Roman Inquisition would infamously condemn the Copernican theory as being “foolish and absurd in philosophy”, Monsignor Francesco Ingoli addressed Galileo Galilei with an essay entitled “Disputation...
- Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli--belated Birthday
Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli March 14th, 1835 to July 4th, 1910 A belated birthday to Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli along with "pi" and Albert Einstein. His maps of Mars led Percival Lowell to formulate his "canal" ["canali"] hypothesis of Mars....
- Victorian Popular Astronomer: Sir Robert Stawell Ball
Sir Robert Stawell Ball 1840-1913 Sir Robert Ball SIR ROBERT STAWELL BALL Free, online books: A Popular Guide to the Heavens A Treatise on Spherical Astronomy Astronomy Elements of Astronomy Experimental Mechanics: A course of Lectures Delivered...
- Classic Essays, Monographs, Books
The Internet is huge and it is often difficult to discover individual monographs, essays, or books even if search engines are used. So here is a list of those classic texts arranged by subject and by author. ASTRONOMY/COSMOLOGY Aristotle On the...