Astronomy 201: Classical & Renaissance Astronomy

Epact is an electronic catalogue of medieval and renaissance scientific instruments from four European museums: the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, the Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence, the British Museum, London, and the Museum Boerhaave, Leiden. Epact consists of 520 catalogue entries and a variety of supporting material. All European instruments from the four museums by makers who were active before 1600 have been entered in the catalogue.

The Galileo Project is a source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). This project is currently supported by the Office of the Vice President of Computing of Rice University. The initial stages of the project were made possible by a grant from the Council on Library Resources to Fondren Library.

Part of the an online exhibit called "World Treasures of the Library of Congress: Beginnings". This exhibit provides pictures, links, and information about the different cultural views of the universe.

Find background information about the man who the Kepler Mission is named after.

A historical timeline provided by NASA.

An online sample of exhibits from the Library of Congress