This article gives an outline of the historical events that led to the formation of contemporary astroparticle physics. As a starting point for analyzing the history of astroparticle physics this article will review the various, yet scattered pieces of historical work that have been done so far. To make the picture more complete it will then give a brief survey of the most important fields that have played a role in the development of astroparticle physics as we know it today. It will conclude with an overview of the historical questions that are still open and the rich philosophical implications that lie behind those questions. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL Supplementary material is available for this article at 10.12942/lrr-2008-2.

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天体粒子物理学及其组成部分的历史。

本文概述了导致当代天体粒子物理学形成的历史事件。作为分析天体粒子物理学历史的起点，本文将回顾迄今为止已完成的各种但分散的历史工作。为了使图片更加完整，它将对在我们今天所知的天体粒子物理学的发展中发挥作用的最重要领域进行简要概述。它将概述仍然悬而未决的历史问题以及这些问题背后丰富的哲学含义。电子补充材料 本文的补充材料可在 10.12942/lrr-2008-2 上找到。