The ''Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers'' (''BEA'') is a two-volume
biographical dictionary
A biographical dictionary is a type of encyclopedic dictionary limited to biographical information. Many attempt to cover the major personalities of a country (with limitations, such as living persons only, in ''Who's Who'', or deceased people onl ...
, first published in 2007, with a second edition released in 2014. The work covers astronomers from all geographies, born from antiquity to mid-1918. It includes more than 1500
biographies of both well-known and more obscure
astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, natural satellite, moons, comets and galaxy, g ...
s, produced by 410 contributors.
The encyclopedia has been published in both a print and online format by the publisher,
Springer
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Publishers
* Springer Science+Business Media, aka Springer International Publishing, a worldwide publishing group founded in 1842 in Germany formerly known as Springer-Verlag.
** Springer Nature, a multinationa ...
.
Editions
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References
External links
Publisher's webpage(1st Edition)
Publisher's webpage(2nd Edition)
Biographical dictionaries by topic
Historiography of science
21st-century encyclopedias
2007 non-fiction books
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