Discoverers of the universe : William and Caroline Herschel / Michael Hoskin.
Material type: TextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 237 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)Content type:- text
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- online resource
- 9781400838127
- 1400838126
- 1283058006
- 9781283058001
- 9786613058003
- 6613058009
- Herschel, William, 1738-1822
- Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848
- Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848
- Herschel, William, 1738-1822
- Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848
- Herschel, William, 1738-1822
- Astronomers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Astronomes -- Grande-Bretagne -- Biographies
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology
- SCIENCE -- Astronomy
- Astronomers
- Great Britain
- 520.92/241 22
- QB35 .H75 2011eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-228) and index.
The Herschel family -- August 1772: the partnership convenes -- 1707-1773: a musician's odyssey -- 1773-1778: vocations in conflict -- 1779-1781: an enthusiasm shared -- 1781-1782: royal patronage -- 1782-1783: "Astronomer to his majesty" -- 1783-1785: the construction of the heavens -- 1782-1790: "one of the greatest mechanics of his day" -- 1786-1788: "gold can glitter as well as the stars" -- 1788-1798: "noble and worthy priestess of the new heavens" -- 1788-1810: "the most celebrated of all the astronomers of the universe" -- 1792-1822: the torch is handed on -- 1822-1833: John's "sacred duty" -- 1833-1848: "the completion of my father's work."
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Discoverers of the Universe tells the gripping story of William Herschel, the brilliant, fiercely ambitious, emotionally complex musician and composer who became court astronomer to Britain's King George III, and of William's sister, Caroline, who assisted him in his observations of the night sky and became an accomplished astronomer in her own right. Together, they transformed our view of the universe from the unchanging, mechanical creation of Newton's clockmaker god to the ever-evolving, incredibly dynamic cosmos that it truly is. William was in his forties when his amateur observations usi.
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