Information
There is an entry for each of these astronomers in the Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. This was the major source of information for this website.
Hockey, T., Trimble, V., Williams, T. R., Bracher, K., Jarrell, R. A., Marché, J. D., Ragep, F. J., Palmeri, J., Bolt, M., & SpringerLink (Online service). (2007). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York, NY: Springer New York.
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The following works were also consulted to provide additional information and anecdotes:
Abetti, G. (1952). The history of astronomy ([American ed.]. --.). New York: H. Schuman.
Bartusiak, M. (2004). Archives of the universe: A treasury of astronomy's historic works of discovery. New York: Pantheon Books.
Dorschner, J., & Löffler, G. (1975). Astronomy, a popular history. New York ; Toronto: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
Hoskin, M. A. (1997). The Cambridge illustrated history of astronomy. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press.
Hoskin, M. A. (2003). The history of astronomy: A very short introduction. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press.
Hockey, T., Trimble, V., Williams, T. R., Bracher, K., Jarrell, R. A., Marché, J. D., Ragep, F. J., Palmeri, J., Bolt, M., & SpringerLink (Online service). (2007). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York, NY: Springer New York.
To access this resource through the McMaster Library, click this link and sign on.
The following works were also consulted to provide additional information and anecdotes:
Abetti, G. (1952). The history of astronomy ([American ed.]. --.). New York: H. Schuman.
Bartusiak, M. (2004). Archives of the universe: A treasury of astronomy's historic works of discovery. New York: Pantheon Books.
Dorschner, J., & Löffler, G. (1975). Astronomy, a popular history. New York ; Toronto: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
Hoskin, M. A. (1997). The Cambridge illustrated history of astronomy. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press.
Hoskin, M. A. (2003). The history of astronomy: A very short introduction. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press.
Images
I do not own any of the images used. The majority are Public Domain reproductions of artworks housed in museums and art galleries the world over. Below are the names of all the astronomers whose images were used.
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Theodore Metochites (© José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro / CC-BY-SA-3.0 )
Ghiyāth al-Kāshī Ulugh Beg (Forensic facial reconstruction of Ulugh Beg. By M.Gerasimov) Ali Qushji Johannes Müller Leonardo Da Vinci |
This is the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, an image of a small region of space in the constellation Fornax, composited from Hubble Space Telescope data accumulated over a period from September 3, 2003 through January 16, 2004. The patch of sky in which the galaxies reside was chosen because it had a low density of bright stars in the near-field. Courtesy of NASA and ESA. It can be accessed here.
This image is from a National Geographic article. The composite photograph was taken by Wally Pacholka.
This image is from the European Space Agency. It is listed as the LH 95 star forming region of the Large Magellanic Cloud. The image was taken using the Hubble Space Telescope. It can be accessed here.