Edmond Halley: The Many Discoveries of the Most Curious Astronomer Royal - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Prometheus BooksISBN-13:9781633888913ISBN-10:1633888916UPC:9781633888913Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, ScienceBook Subcategory:Science & Technology, Space Science, HistoryBook Topic:AstronomySize:8.82 x 5.84 x 0.48 inchesWeight:0.8113Product ID:SCAZ6HSDE6
Edmond Halley: The Many Discoveries of the Most Curious Astronomer Royal
Edmond Halley is known far and wide thanks largely to the comet bearing his name, the return of which he predicted in 1705. While that discovery would be enough to make the career of any scientist, Halley's massive contributions to the fields of astronomy, navigation, geophysics, mathematics, engineering, and actuarial science as a young man and eventually as Astronomer Royal are mostly...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Prometheus BooksISBN-13:9781633888913ISBN-10:1633888916UPC:9781633888913Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, ScienceBook Subcategory:Science & Technology, Space Science, HistoryBook Topic:AstronomySize:8.82 x 5.84 x 0.48 inchesWeight:0.8113Product ID:SCAZ6HSDE6
David K Love is a member of the Royal Astronomical Society and holds a BSc honors degree from University College London. After a career as an accountant at British Telecom, he took early voluntary retirement to pursue his scientific interests and writing. He is the author of Kepler and the Universe, a biography of the famous 17th century German astronomer Johannes Kepler. He used to lecture...
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