Télécharger le livre :  Parallel Lives of Astronomers

Using the "Parallel Lives" approach adopted by the Greek biographer Plutarch, noted historian of astronomy William Sheehan contrasts the lives and research careers of two famous astronomers, Percival Lowell and Edward Emerson Barnard.  Drawing on vast archival...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2024-10-28

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Télécharger le livre :  Neptune: From Grand Discovery to a World Revealed

The 1846 discovery of Neptune is one of the most remarkable stories in the history of science and astronomy.  John Couch Adams and U.J. Le Verrier both investigated anomalies in the motion of Uranus and independently predicted the existence and location of this new...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2021-05-21
Collection : Historical & Cultural Astronomy
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Télécharger le livre :  Celestial Shadows

Much of what is known about the universe came from the study of celestial shadows. This book looks in detail at the way eclipses and other celestial shadows have given us amazing insights into the nature of the objects in our solar system and how they are even...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2014-11-19

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Télécharger le livre :  Galactic Encounters

Written by William Sheehan, a noted historian of astronomy, and Christopher J. Conselice, a professional astronomer specializing in galaxies in the early universe, this book tells the story of how astronomers have pieced together what is known about the vast and...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2014-09-17

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