Korean History: A Bibliography
Compiled by Kenneth R. Robinson
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Scientific Matters: Astronomy

Ahn, Young Sook, Yang Hong Jin, Sim Kyung Jin, Han Bo Sik, and Song Doo Jong. “A Date Conversion Table for the Lunisolar and Julian Calendars during the Koryo Dynasty (A.D. 918-1392) in Korea.” In Alan K.L. Chan, Gregory K. Clancey, and Hui-Chieh Loy, eds. Historical Perspectives on East Asian Science, Technology and Medicine. Singapore: Singapore University Press and World Scientific, 2001.

Daniels, Michael. "Ancient Astronomy in Korea." Korea Journal 15:2 (February 1975): 49-50.

Daniels, Michael. "Korea's Invaluable Astronomical Records." Korea Journal 15:7 (July 1975): 65-67.

Daniels, Michael. "Ancient East Asian and Modern Concepts of the Universe." Korea Journal 20:1 (January 1980): 49-52.

Fung, Kam-wing. “Three Korean Almanacs of King Yongjo’s Court in the Yi Dynasty: A Case Study of Korean Astronomy.” In Yung Sik Kim and Francesca Bray, eds. Current Perspectives in the History of Science in East Asia. Seoul: Seoul National University Press, 1999.

Hsi, Tse-tsung. "A New Catalog of Ancient Novae." Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics 2:6 (1958): 109-130.

Imoto, Susumu and Ichiro Hasegawa. "Historical Records of Meteor Showers in China, Korea, and Japan." Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics 2:6 (1958): 131-144.

Jeon, Sang-woon. "Meteorology in the Yi Dynasty, Korea." Songshin yoja sabom taehak yongu nonmunjip 1 (1968): 61-75.

Jeon, Sang-woon. "Science and Technology." In Korean National Commission for UNESCO, ed. Kyongju: City of Millenial History. Elizabeth, NJ: Hollym International Corp., 1998.

Kim, Yong-woon. "A Study of the Records of Solar Eclipses in Samguk sagi (I), (II)." Korea Journal 16:7 (July 1976): 30-36; 16:8 (August 1976): 37-44.

Moon, Joong-yang. "Traditional Cosmology Associated with the I-Ching and Anti-Cosmological Discourses in 18th-Century Korea." Seoul Journal of Korean Studies 12 (1999): 177-227.

Nha, Il-Seong and F.R. Stephenson, eds. Oriental Astronomy from Guo Shoujing to King Sejong. Seoul: Yonsei University Press, 1997.

Pankenier, David W. "Stephenson, F.R. and M.A. Houlden. Atlas of Historical Eclipse Maps: East Asia 1500 B.C.-A.D. 1900: A Review Article." Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 51:3 (1988): 521-524.

Park Seok-yun and Park Seok-in. “Accuracy of the Korean Historical Data: Astronomical Charts, Records of ‘Taebeck-Juhyeon’ and Solar Eclipses of the Three Kingdoms.” Sonsa wa kodae 17 (2002:12): 137-167.

Shi, Yunli. “The Korean Adaptation of the Chinese-Islamic Astronomical Tables.” Archive for History of Exact Sciences 57:1 (2003): 25-60.

Song, Sang-yong. "A Brief History of the Study of the Ch'omsong-dae in Kyongju." Korea Journal 23:8 (August 1983): 16-21.

Stephenson, F.R. "Some Accurate Positions of Early Korean 'Guest Stars.'" Astrophysical Letters 9:2 (September 1971): 81-84.

Stephenson, F.R., D.M. Willis, and K.K.C. Yau. "A Catalogue of Auroral Observations from China, Korea and Japan (193 BC-AD 1770)." In Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Technical Report (RAL-TR). 1995.

Stephenson, F. Richard and Kevin K.C. Yau. "Four Korean 'Guest Stars' Observed in A.D. 1592." Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society 28 (1987): 431-444.

Stephenson, F.R. and M.A. Houlden. Atlas of Historical Eclipse Maps: East Asia 1500 B.C.-A.D. 1900. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986.

Willis, D.M. and F.R. Stephenson. "Simultaneous Auroral Observations Described in the Historical Records of China, Japan and Korea from Ancient Times to AD 1700." Annales Geophysicae. Atmospheres, Hydrospheres 18:1 (January 2000): 1-10.

Xu, Zhentao, David W. Pankenie, and Yaotiao Jiang. East-Asian Archaeoastronomy: Historical Records of Astronomical Observations of China, Japan, and Korea (Earth Space Institute Series, Volume 5). Amsterdam: Gordon and Breach Scientific Publishers, 2000.

Yi, Tae-jin. "Meteor Falling and Other Natural Phenomena Between 1500-1750 as Recorded in the Annals of Choson Dynasty (Korea)." Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy 69:1-2 (1997): 199-200.

Yi, Tae-jin. "Meteor Falling and Other Natural Phenomena Between 1500-1750 as Recorded in the Annals of Choson Dynasty (Korea)." In Shin Yabushita and Jacques Henrard, eds. Dynamics of Comets and Asteroids and Their Role in Earth History. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998.

 

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