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Chronicling the golden age of astronomy = a history of visual observing from Harriot to Moore /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Chronicling the golden age of astronomy/ by Neil English.
Reminder of title:	a history of visual observing from Harriot to Moore /
Author:	English, Neil.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2018.,
Description:	xiv, 665 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Astronomy - History. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97707-2
ISBN:	9783319977072

Chronicling the golden age of astronomy = a history of visual observing from Harriot to Moore /
English, Neil.

Chronicling the golden age of astronomya history of visual observing from Harriot to Moore /[electronic resource] :by Neil English. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2018. - xiv, 665 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Historical & cultural astronomy,2509-310X. - Historical & cultural astronomy..

The invention of the telescope at the dawning of the 17th century has revolutionized humanity's understanding of the Universe and our place within it. This book traces the development of the telescope over four centuries, as well as the many personalities who used it to uncover brand-new revelations about the Sun, Moon, planets, stars and distant galaxies. Starting with early observers such as Thomas Harriot, Galileo, Johannes Hevelius, Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Robert Hooke and Christian Huygens, the book explores how these early observers arrived at essentially correct ideas concerning the objects they studied. Moving into the 18th and 19th centuries, the author describes the increasing sophistication of telescopes both large and small, and the celebrated figures who used them so productively, including the Herschels, Charles Messier, William Lassell and the Earls of Rosse. Many great discoveries were also made with smaller instruments when placed in the capable hands of the Struve dynasty, F.W. Bessel, Angelo Secchi and S.W Burnham, to name but a few. Nor were all great observers of professional ilk. The book explores the contributions made by the 'clerical astronomers,' William Rutter Dawes, Thomas William Webb, T.E.R Philips and T.H.E.C Espin, as well as the lonely vigils of E.E. Barnard, William F. Denning and Charles Grover. And in the 20th century, the work of Percival Lowell, Leslie Peltier, Eugene M. Antoniadi, Clyde Tombaugh, Walter Scott Houston, David H. Levy and Sir Patrick Moore is fully explored. Generously illustrated throughout, this treasure trove of astronomical history shows how each observer's work led to seminal developments in science, and providing key insights into how we go about exploring the heavens today.

ISBN: 9783319977072

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-97707-2doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

683427
Astronomy
--History.

LC Class. No.: QB15 / .E545 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 520.9

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