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Title:
Making stars physical : the astronomy of Sir John Herschel / Stephen Case.
Author:
Case, Stephen (Stephen Reid), author.
Publication Information:
Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]
Call Number:
QB36.H59 C37 2018
Abstract:
The astronomical career of Britain's John Herschel (1792-1871), son of William Herschel.
ISBN:
9780822945307
Physical Description:
viii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Herschel's stars -- A celestial inheritance -- Ledgers full of stars -- Double stars -- Variable stars -- Nebulae -- Light -- A new sublime astronomy -- Conclusion : Copernicus of the sidereal heavens.
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