Agnes Mary Clerke and the rise of astrophysics:
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1. Verfasser: Brück, M. T., (Mary T.) (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2002
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Beschreibung:Paralleltitel: Agnes Mary Clerke & the rise of astrophysics
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-270) and index
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Family background in County Cork; 2 Ireland and Italy; 3 London, the literary scene; 4 The History of Astronomy; 5 A circle of astronomers; 6 A visit to South Africa; 7 The System of the Stars; 8 Social life in scientific circles; 9 Homer, the Herschels and a revised History; 10 The opinion moulder; 11 Popularisation, cryogenics and evolution; 12 Problems in Astrophysics; 13 Women in astronomy in Britain in Agnes Clerke's time; 14 Revised System of the Stars
Born in Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century, Agnes Mary Clerke achieved fame as the author of A History of Astronomy during the Nineteenth Century. This biography describes the life of the woman who became the leading commentator of her time on astronomy and astrophysics in the English-speaking world
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (x, 275 pages)
ISBN:0511019998
0511044674
0521808448
9780511019999
9780511044670
9780521808446

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