ASTR 553 : Extragalactic Astronomy

Reading Assignments, and other reference material.

Topic 1 : Historical Introduction

Primary : None
Secondary : B&M Ch 1 (particularly p10-15); B&M p290.
Additional : EAA : "Extragalactic Astronomy c1900-1950" Smith
EAA : "Galactic Astronomy c1900-1950" Smith
"The Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy" Ed Hoskin (CUP: 1999) Ch 7 & 8.
"Man Discovers the Galaxies" Berendzen, Hart, & Seeley (New York: Science History Publicationa; 1976)