Bernard R. Goldstein

Bernard Raphael Goldstein (born January 29, 1938) is a historian of science and professor emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh. Goldstein published on the history of astronomy in medieval Islamic and Jewish civilization and early modern times.

Selected publications

• The Astronomy of al-Biṭrūjī
• The Astronomy of Levi ben Gerson (1288–1344), Springer-Verlag, 1985
• "Theological Foundations of Kepler’s Astronomy," Osiris 16 (2001) (with Peter Barker)
• "Astronomy in the Iberian Peninsula: Abraham Zacut and the Transition from Manuscript to Print," Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 90.2 (2000) (with José Chabás)

External links

• Academic homepage at the University of Pittsburgh
  • Autobiography
  • Papers