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THE HERSCHELS OF HANOVER Michael Hoskin |
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Biographical essays on William and Caroline Herschel,
their parents and their eight siblings, together with an
assessment of the Herschelian revolution in astronomy.
With colour plates of miniatures of William and Mary
Herschel, portraits of William and Caroline, and
watercolours of the 20-ft, 40-ft and 25-ft (Spanish)
reflectors.
Pp. x + 182, hardbound. |
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| Herschels of Hanover, £35 post free in the UK and Europe | ||||||||||
| Herschels of Hanover, £40 includes air mail postage | ||||||||||
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THE HERSCHEL PARTNERSHIP as viewed by Caroline Michael Hoskin |
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The partnership between William Herschel (1738–1822) and
his sister Caroline (1750–1848) transformed astronomy
from the study of the solar system, with the stars as
little more than a backcloth, to the exploration of the
stellar system, the nebulae, and the cosmos as a whole.
This book examines the partnership from the viewpoint of
Caroline, and reveals the sacrifices she was called on
to make and the effects these had on her.
“The rags-to-riches story of Caroline Herschel,
from household drudge in Hanover to
gold-medal-winning astronomer, has been well
known since the posthumous publication of her
memoirs in 1876. But Michael Hoskin brings to
the subject a richness of detail and nuance that
was previously unimaginable. He firmly
establishes the context for the most
extraordinary partnership astronomy has ever
known.” |
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| The Herschel Partnership, £25 post free in the UK and Europe | ||||||||||
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CAROLINE HERSCHEL'S AUTOBIOGRAPHIES Michael Hoskin |
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The first complete and annotated edition of two
sources fundamental for the understanding of the
Herschel partnership.
Pp. viii +147, with 10 illustrations, hardbound. |
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| Caroline Herschel's Autobiographies, £25 post free in UK and Europe | ||||||||||
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Stellar
Astronomy |
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Most historians of astronomy devote themselves to planetary theory. In the hope of encouraging the history of stellar astronomy, Dr Hoskin has brought together studies published over the years in a variety of places, along with material appearing here for the first time. Michael Hoskin is Past President of the History of Astronomy Commission of the International Astronomical Union, and editor of Journal for the History of Astronomy. "... possibly the most comprehensive and definitive treatise extant on the extraordinarily important subject of the history of stellar astronomy ... superb ..." - Richard Berendzen
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