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Author Case, Stephen (Stephen Reid), author.

Title Making stars physical : the astronomy of Sir John Herschel / Stephen Case.

Publication Info. Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]
©2018

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 319 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note Based on the author's thesis (doctoral - University of Notre Dame, 2014) issued under title: Making stars physical : John Herschel's stellar astronomy, 1816-71.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Herschel's Stars; 1. A Celestial Inheritance; 2. Ledgers Full of Stars; 3. Double Stars; 4. Variable Stars; 5. Nebulae; 6. Light; 7. A New Sublime Astronomy; Conclusion: Copernicus of the Sidereal Heavens; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary The astronomical career of Britain's John Herschel (1792-1871), son of William Herschel.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871.
Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871.
Astronomers -- 19th century -- Biography.
Astronomers.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Astronomy -- History -- 19th century.
Astronomy.
History.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Biographies.
Electronic books.
History.
Hochschulschrift.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Case, Stephen (Stephen Reid). Making Stars Physical. Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018] (DLC) 2018048779
ISBN 9780822986119 (electronic book)
0822986116 (electronic book)
9780822945307
0822945304