William and Caroline Herschel Pioneers in Late 18th-Century Astronomy

William and Caroline Herschel Pioneers in Late 18th-Century Astronomy / by Michael Hoskin.

This beautifully structured book presents the essentials of William and Caroline Herschel’s pioneering achievements in late 18th-century astronomy. Michael Hoskin shows that William Herschel was the first observational cosmologist and one of the first observers to attack the sidereal universe beyond...

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Main Author: Hoskin, Michael (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Astronomy,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Observations, Astronomical.
Astronomy—Observations.
History.
Astronomy.
Cosmology.
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