The development of theological implications of scientific work on origin of the universe.
Religious influences on Copernicus, Galileo, Brahe and Kepler.
Brief historical chronology of the development and acceptance of heliocentricity.
An overview from the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
A review by David Wands of the development of cosmology, starting with the Babylonians.
History of sun-centered astronomy, includes original work of Galileo, Copernicus, others
Paper presented at an Italian national conference in 1996, with references.
The "great debate" about the scale of the universe and the nature of spiral nebulae.