african astronomical history symposium

 

 

 

cape town, 2005 november 8 and 9

 

 

 

Prof Keith Snedegar, Utah Valley State College.
Problems and Prospects in the Cultural History of South African Astronomy

 

Prof John McKim Malville, Dept of Astrophysical and Planetary Science, University of Colorado.
Astronomy and Stelae at Nabta Playa

 

Prof Jarita Holbrook, Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson.
The Cultural astronomy of Africa: Recent Activities

 

Prof Wayne Orchiston, Centre for Astronomy at James Cook University, Townsville, Australia.
Amateurs in the Antipodes: The Common Denominators of South African, Australian and
New Zealand Astronomy during the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

 

 

 

 

 

 Return to the AAHS homepage.  > Read the Report on the Symposium

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supported by the

 

 

 

National Research Foundation

 

South African Astronomical Observatory

 

 

 

Stellakaya

 

 

 

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