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Bernard R. Goldstein

University Professor Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh

Advisory Editor
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Aleph-Historical Studies in Science and Judaism

Fellow of the Institute for Research in Classical Philosophy and Science

brg@pitt.edu




Research Interests

1. History of Astronomy and Astronomical Tables from the Babylonians to the 17th Century

2. The Concept of Symmetry from Antiquity to the Early 20th Century

Work in Progress

1. A Survey of European Astronomical Tables in the Late Middle Ages (with José Chabás)

2. Apollonius and Early Greek Planetary Theory

3. Transforming the Concept of Model in Victorian Physics (with Giora Hon)

4. The Keplerian Revolution: Conceptual Change as the Engine for the Transformation of Astronomy (with Giora Hon)

Publications (PDF file requiring Acrobat Reader 8 or later)

Selected papers online at http://www.pitt.edu/~brg/

 

Updated 11 October 2009