Astronomy 9: Web Links

Pretty Pictures

• Astronomy Picture of the Day
• Pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope

News

• The Boomerang project finds new evidence for a flat universe!
• The Supernova Cosmology Project

Journalism

• Scientific American
• Sky & Telescope

Cosmology References

• A Brief History of Cosmology (St. Andrew's)
• Center for the History of Physics (AIP)
• Myths and Legends (UNH)
• History of Astronomy (Bonn University)

Other Courses of Interest On the Web

• Astronomy 4: A historical examination of Western scientific views of cosmology, from ancient to modern times. (Marcelo Gleiser, Darmouth)
• Physics 7: Physics and Cosmology (Jose Wudka, UC Riverside)
• Physics 109: Galileo and Einstein (Michael Fowler, UVa)
• Astronomy 10: Introduction to Astronomy (Marc Davis, UC Berkeley)

People, Places, and Projects

• Albert Einstein Online
• Helge Kragh (University of Aarhus, Denmark): A science historian, author of Cosmology and Controversy.
• Wayne Hu (Institute for Advanced Study): Cosmic background theorist; excellent web page with some introductory material.
• UC Berkeley Astronomy Department
• A summer school (in Spain!): The Historical Development of Modern Cosmology

Random Fun Stuff

• A song about the ultraviolet catastrophe, by Trotsky Icepick.