The Victorian Amateur Astronomer: Independent Astronomical Research in Britain 1820 - 1920 - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:GracewingISBN-13:9780852445440ISBN-10:085244544XUPC:9780852445440Book Category:Science, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:Space Science, HistoryBook Topic:AstronomySize:9.21 x 6.14 x 1.01 inchesWeight:1.5322Product ID:SCDGHN1AJ2
This is the first book to look in detail at amateur astronomy in Victorian Britain. It deals with the technical issues that were active in Victorian astronomy, and reviews the problems of finance, patronage and the dissemination of scientific ideas, including the relationship between the amateur and the professional in Britain. It contains a wealth of previously unpublished biographical and...
Language:EnglishPublisher:GracewingISBN-13:9780852445440ISBN-10:085244544XUPC:9780852445440Book Category:Science, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:Space Science, HistoryBook Topic:AstronomySize:9.21 x 6.14 x 1.01 inchesWeight:1.5322Product ID:SCDGHN1AJ2
Chapman, Allan: - Allan Chapman is a graduate of the Universities of both Lancaster and Oxford, and received his D.Phil. from the University of Oxford. He is the author of two other books on the history of science and of more than 50 articles in international academic journals. He currently lecture in the Faculty of Modern History, Oxford University, and is a member of Wadham College, Oxford.
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