Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Edmund Halley
Read a short biography about Edmund Halley, and find out why the comet bears his name.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Edmund Halley
This site, which is provided for by the University of St. Andrews, gives a detailed history of the Halley family and Edmund Halley's life and contributions to science.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Timeline of Solar System Astronomy
This site from the encyclopedia Wikipedia provides an in-depth timeline of important events in astronomy relating to the solar system are presented here. Links are also provided for additional information on related subjects.
Sonoma State University
Sonoma State University: The Copernican Revolution
This site has a time line featuring discoveries, and publications which sprang from Copernicus's publication of De Revolutionibus in 1543, and the people active in the field of physics between 1543 and Newton's death in 1727.
Curated OER
Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: Edmund Halley (1656 1742)
A portrait of Edmund Halley from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
Curated OER
Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: Edmund Halley (1656 1742)
A portrait of Edmund Halley from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.