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Index to volume 28 (1997)

Accuracy of Eclipse Times Measured by the Babylonians, by J. M. Steele, F. R. Stephenson and L. V. Morrison, 337

Ad Radices, ed. by Anton von Gotstedter, rev. by Owen Gingerich, 180

Alvan Clark & Sons, Artists in Optics, by Deborah Jean Warner and Robert B. Ariail, rev. by Owen Gingerich, 179

Ariael, Robert B., and Deborah Jean Warner, Alvan Clark & Sons, Artists in Optics, rev. by Owen Gingerich, 179

Aristarch von Samos, by Beate Noack, rev. by Isabela Zbikowska, 351

Arnaldi, Mario, and Karlheinz Schaldach, A Roman Cylinder Dial, 107

Astronomy at Yale, 1701-1968, by Dorrit Hoffleit, rev. by Steven J. Dick, 174

Astronomy in Christian Latin Europe c. 500 - c. 1150, by Bruce Stansfield Eastwood, 235


Baccani, Donata, Oroscopi Greci, rev. by Alexander Jones, 89

Before the Telescope, ed. by Christopher Walker, rev. by Michael Hoskin, 169

Berendzen, Richard, rev. of The Milky Way Galaxy and Statistical Cosmology 1890-1924, by Erich Robert Paul, 359

Berggren, Len, rev. of A History of Arabic Astronomy, by George Saliba, 270

Between Copernicus and Galileo, by James M. Lattis, rev. by Ann Blair, 170

Beyond the Blue Horizon, by E. C. Krupp, rev. by Philip Morrison, 87

Bialas, Volker, and Helmuth Grössing, Johannes Kepler: Gesammelte Werke, Band IX, 2, rev. by James R. Voelkel, 83

Bianchini, Francesco, Observations Concerning the Planet Venus, rev. by Owen Gingerich, 86

Blackwell, Richard J., Galileo, Bellarmine, and the Bible, rev. by William E. Carroll, 272

Blair, Ann, rev. of Between Copernicus and Galileo, by James M. Lattis, 170

Brush, Stephen G., A History of Modern Planetary Physics, rev. by Alan Cook, 357


Caesar's Comet
, by John T. Ramsey and A. Lewis Licht, rev. by Roger Ceragioli, 348

Carroll, William E., rev. of Galileo, Bellarmine, and the Bible, by Richard J. Blackwell, 272

Ceragioli, Roger, rev. of Caesar's Comet, by John T. Ramsey and A. Lewis Licht, 348

Chabás, José, and Bernard R. Goldstein, Computational Astronomy, 93

Coelho, Victor, ed. of Music and Science in the Age of Galileo, rev. by Rhonda Martens, 355

Cohen, I. Bernard, rev. of The Correspondence of John Flamsteed, i, ed. by Eric G. Forbes et al., 172

Commission 41 at the Kyoto General Assembly of the IAU, 365

Computational Astronomy, by José Chabás and Bernard R. Goldstein, 93

Cook, Alan, rev. of A History of Modern Planetary Physics, by Stephen G. Brush, 357

Correspondence of John Flamsteed, The, i, ed. by Eric G. Forbes et al., rev. by I. Bernard Cohen, 172

Crowe, Michael J., Modern Theories of the Universe from Herschel to Hubble, rev. by Virginia Trimble, 180


Dick, Steven J., rev. of Astronomy at Yale, 1701-1968, by Dorrit Hoffleit, 174

Dreams, Stars, and Electrons, ed. by Lyman Spitzer, Jr, and Jeremiah P. Ostriker, rev. by Donald E. Osterbrock, 276


Eastwood, Bruce Stansfield, Astronomy in Christian Latin Europe c. 500 - c. 1150, 235

Empirical Equivalence and Approximative Methods in the New Astronomy, by William L. Vanderburgh, 317

Engines of Discovery, by Robert W. Smith, 49

Entstehung und Ausbreitung der copernicanischen Lehre, by Ernst Zinner, rev. by Robert S. Westman, 259

Explorers of the Southern Sky, by Raymond Haynes et al., rev. by John Hearnshaw, 177


Fatoohi, L. J., and F. R. Stephenson, Thales's Prediction of a Solar Eclipse, 279

First Known Telescopes Carried to America, Asia and the Arctic, 1614-39, The, by Engel Sluiter, 141

Forbes, Eric G., et al., eds of The Correspondence of John Flamsteed, i, rev. by I. Bernard Cohen, 172


Galileo, Bellarmine, and the Bible
, by Richard J. Blackwell, rev. by William E. Carroll, 272

Gingerich, Owen, rev. of Worldly Goods, by Lisa Jardine, 275

- rev. of The Man in the Moone, by Francis Goodwin, 86

- rev. of Observations Concerning the Planet Venus, by Francesco Bianchini, 86

- rev. of Alvan Clark & Sons, Artists in Optics, by Deborah Jean Warner and Robert B. Ariail, 179

- rev. of Ad Radices, ed. by Anton von Gotstedter, 180

- obituary of Richard S. Westfall (1924-1996), 184

Goldstein, Bernard R., Saving the Phenomena, 1

- and José Chabás, Computational Astronomy, 93

Goodwin, Francis, The Man in the Moone, rev. by Owen Gingerich, 86

Gotstedter, Anton von, ed. of Ad Radices, rev. by Owen Gingerich, 180

Grant, Edward, The Medieval Cosmos, 147

Grössing, Helmuth, and Volker Bialas, Johannes Kepler: Gesammelte Werke, Band IX, 2, rev. by James R. Voelkel, 83


Harper, William, S. R. Valluri and Curtis Wilson, Newton's Apsidal Precession Theorem and Eccentric Orbits, 13

Haynes, Raymond, et al., Explorers of the Southern Sky, rev. by John Hearnshaw, 177

Hearnshaw, John, rev. of Explorers of the Southern Sky, by Raymond Haynes et al., 177

Hetherington, Norriss S., Hubble's Cosmology, rev. by Michael Hoskin, 91

History of Arabic Astronomy, A, by George Saliba, rev. by Len Berggren, 270

History of Astronomy, ed. by John Lankford, rev. by J. D. North, 346

History of Modern Planetary Physics, A, by Stephen G. Brush, rev. by Alan Cook, 357

History, Prophecy, and the Stars, by Laura Ackerman Smoller, rev. by Malgorzata Malewicz, 354

Hoffleit, Dorrit, Astronomy at Yale, 1701-1968, rev. by Steven J. Dick, 174

Hoskin, Michael, A Possible Solstice Marker in Northern Portugal, 79

- rev. of Hubble's Cosmology, by Norriss S. Hetherington, 91

- rev. of Before the Telescope, ed. by Christopher Walker, 169

Hubble's Cosmology, by Norriss S. Hetherington, rev. by Michael Hoskin, 91


Ichsanova, Vera, Pulkovo/St. Petersburg, rev. by Kevin Krisciunas, 176


Jardine, Lisa, Worldly Goods, rev. by Owen Gingerich, 275

Johannes Kepler: Gesammelte Werke, Band IX, 2, by Volker Bialas and Helmuth Grössing, rev. by James R. Voelkel, 83

Jones, Alexander, rev. of Oroscopi Greci, by Donata Baccani, 89

Jonsson, Bjorn, Star Myths of the Vikings, rev. by E. C. Krupp, 353


Knorr, Wilbur, Sacrobosco's Quadrans, 187

Krisciunas, Kevin, rev. of Pulkovo/St. Petersburg, by Vera Ichsanova, 176

Krupp, E. C., Beyond the Blue Horizon, rev. by Philip Morrison, 87

- rev. of Star Myths of the Vikings, by Bjorn Jonsson, 353


Lankford, John, ed. of History of Astronomy, rev. by J. D. North, 346

Lattis, James M., Between Copernicus and Galileo, rev. by Ann Blair, 170

Licht, A. Lewis, and John T. Ramsey, Caesar's Comet, rev. by Roger Ceragioli, 348

Lunar Eclipse Times Predicted by the Babylonians, by J. M. Steele and F. R. Stephenson, 119


Man in the Moone, The
, by Francis Goodwin, rev. by Owen Gingerich, 86

Martens, Rhonda, rev. of Music and Science in the Age of Galileo, ed. by Victor Coelho, 355

Medieval Cosmos, The, by Edward Grant, 147

Melwicz, Malgorzata, rev. of History, Prophecy, and the Stars, by Laura Ackerman Smoller, 354

Milky Way Galaxy and Statistical Cosmology 1890-1924, The, by Erich Robert Paul, rev. by Richard Berendzen, 359

Modern Theories of the Universe from Herschel to Hubble, by Michael J. Crowe, rev. by Virginia Trimble, 180

Morrison, Philip, rev. of Beyond the Blue Horizon, by E. C. Krupp, 87

Morrison, L. V., J. M. Steele and F. R. Stephenson, Accuracy of Eclipse Times Measured by the Babylonians, 337

Music and Science in the Age of Galileo, ed. by Victor Coelho, rev. by Rhonda Martens, 355


Newton's Apsidal Precession Theorem and Eccentric Orbits, by S. R. Valluri, Curtis Wilson and William Harper, 13

Noack, Beate, Aristarch von Samos, rev. by Isabela Zbikowska, 351

North, J. D., rev. of History of Astronomy, ed. by John Lankford, 346

Notes on Contributors, 91, 185, 278, 367

Notices of Books, 182, 362


Observations Concerning the Planet Venus
, by Francesco Bianchini, rev. by Owen Gingerich, 86

Oroscopi Greci, by Donata Baccani, rev. by Alexander Jones, 89

Osterbrock, Donald E., Walter Baade, Observational Astrophysicist, (3) (Part A), 283

- rev. of Dreams, Stars, and Electrons, ed. by Lyman Spitzer, Jr, and Jeremiah P. Ostriker, 276

Ostriker, Jeremiah P., and Lyman Spitzer, Jr, eds of Dreams, Stars, and Electrons, rev. by Donald E. Osterbrock, 276


Paul, Erich Robert, The Milky Way Galaxy and Statistical Cosmology 1890-1924, rev. by Richard Berendzen, 359

Planet Mars, The, by William Sheehan, rev. by Tom Williams, 274

Possible Solstice Marker in Northern Portugal, A, by Michael Hoskin, 79

Pulkovo/St. Petersburg, by Vera Ichsanova, rev. by Kevin Krisciunas, 176


Ragep, F. Jamil, and Sally P. Ragep, eds of Tradition, Transmission, Transformation, rev. by George Saliba, 360

Ramsey, John T., and A. Lewis Licht, Caesar's Comet, rev. by Roger Ceragioli, 348

Roman Cylinder Dial, A, by Mario Arnaldi and Karlheinz Schaldach, 107


Sacrobosco's Quadrans, by Wilbur Knorr, 187

Said, S. S., and F. R. Stephenson, Solar and Lunar Eclipse Measurements by Medieval Muslim Astronomers, II: Observations, 29

Saliba, George, rev. of Tradition, Transmission, Transformation, ed. by F. Jamil Ragep and Sally P. Ragep, 360

- A History of Arabic Astronomy, rev. by Len Berggren, 270

Saving the Phenomena, by Bernard R. Goldstein, 1

Schaldach, Karlheinz, and Mario Arnaldi, A Roman Cylinder Dial, 107

Sheehan, William, The Planet Mars, rev. by Tom Williams, 274

Sluiter, Engel, The First Known Telescopes Carried to America, Asia and the Arctic, 1614-39, 141

- The Telescope Before Galileo, 223

Smith, Robert W., Engines of Discovery, 49

Smoller, Laura Ackerman, History, Prophecy, and the Stars, rev. by Malgorzata Malewicz, 354

Solar and Lunar Eclipse Measurements by Medieval Muslim Astronomers, II: Observations, by S. S. Said and F. R. Stephenson, 29

Solar Eclipse Times Predicted by the Babylonians, by J. M. Steele, 133

Spitzer, Lyman, Jr, and Jeremiah P. Ostriker, eds of Dreams, Stars, and Electrons, rev. by Donald E. Osterbrock, 276

Star Myths of the Vikings, by Bjorn Jonsson, rev. by E. C. Krupp, 353

Steele, J. M., Solar Eclipse Times Predicted by the Babylonians, 133

- and F. R. Stephenson, Lunar Eclipse Times Predicted by the Babylonians, 119

- F. R. Stephenson and L. V. Morrison, Accuracy of Eclipse Times Measured by the Babylonians, 337

Stephenson, F. R., and L. J. Fatoohi, Thales's Prediction of a Solar Eclipse, 279

- and S. S. Said, Solar and Lunar Eclipse Measurements by Medieval Muslim Astronomers, II: Observations, 29

- and J. M. Steele, Lunar Eclipse Times Predicted by the Babylonians, 119

- J. M. Steele and L. V. Morrison, Accuracy of Eclipse Times Measured by the Babylonians, 337


Telescope Before Galileo, The, by Engel Sluiter, 223

Thales's Prediction of a Solar Eclipse, by F. R. Stephenson and L. J. Fatoohi, 279

Tradition, Transmission, Transformation, ed. by F. Jamil Ragep and Sally P. Ragep, rev. by George Saliba, 360

Trimble, Virginia, rev. of Modern Theories of the Universe from Herschel to Hubble, by Michael J. Crowe, 180


Valluri, S. R., Curtis Wilson and William Harper, Newton's Apsidal Precession Theorem and Eccentric Orbits, 13

Vanderburgh, William L., Empirical Equivalence and Approximative Methods in the New Astronomy, 317

Voelkel, James R., rev. of Johannes Kepler: Gesammelte Werke, Band IX, 2, by Volker Bialas and Helmuth Grössing, 83


Walker, Christopher, ed. of Before the Telescope, rev. by Michael Hoskin, 169

Walter Baade, Observational Astrophysicist, (3) (Part A), by Donald E. Osterbrock, 283

Warner, Deborah Jean, and Robert B. Ariail, Alvan Clark & Sons, Artists in Optics, rev. by Owen Gingerich, 179

Westfall, Richard S. (1924-1996), obituary by Owen Gingerich, 184

Westman, Robert S., rev. of Entstehung und Ausbreitung der copernicanischen Lehre, by Ernst Zinner, 259

Williams, Tom, rev. of The Planet Mars, by William Sheehan, 274

Wilson, Curtis, S. R. Valluri and William Harper, Newton's Apsidal Precession Theorem and Eccentric Orbits, 13

Worldly Goods, by Lisa Jardine, rev. by Owen Gingerich, 275


Zbikowska, Isabela, rev. of Aristarch von Samos, by Beate Noack, 351

Zinner, Ernst, Entstehung und Ausbreitung der copernicanischen Lehre, rev. by Robert S. Westman, 259

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