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1 online resource : illustrations. |
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text file |
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Jesuit studies: modernity through the prism of Jesuit history,
2214-3289 ;
volume 16
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : a century in ferment -- Secchi's early life and education : from childhood to the priesthood -- The experience of exile : a tragic opportunity -- Establishing the new collegio romano observatory : an observatory for "physical astronomy" -- Advisor to the Papal States : science in the service of the public -- A rising international career : travels, achievements, and recognition -- Contributions to astrophysics -- A crucial political change : new risks and missed opportunities -- A society for a new astronomy : building a network for spectroscopic research -- A controversial personality : Secchi and the scientific debates of his time -- Secchi's final years : illness and uncertainty -- Conclusion : Secchi's scientific legacy. |
| Summary |
In Decoding the Stars , Ileana Chinnici offers an account of the life of the Jesuit scientist Angelo Secchi (1818-1878). In addition to providing an invaluable account of Secchi's life and work-something that has been sorely lacking in the English-language scholarship-this biography will be especially stimulating for those interested in the evolution of astrophysics as a discipline from the nineteenth century onward. Despite his eclecticism, reminiscent of the natural philosophers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Secchi was in many ways a very modern scientist: open to innovation and cooperation, and a promoter of popularization and citizen science. Secchi also appears fully inserted in the cultural context of his time: he participated in philosophical and scientific debates, spread new theories and ideas, but also suffered the consequences of political events that marked those years and impacted on his life and activities. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Secchi, Angelo, 1818-1878.
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Secchi, Angelo, 1818-1878. |
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Jesuits -- Italy -- Biography.
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Jesuits. |
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Italy. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Astronomers -- Italy -- Biography.
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Astronomers. |
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Astronomy -- History -- 19th century.
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Astronomy. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Astrophysics -- History -- 19th century.
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Astrophysics. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chinnici, Ileana, author. Decoding the stars Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019] 9789004387294 (DLC) 2018051687 |
| ISBN |
9004387331 electronic book |
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9789004387331 electronic book |
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9789004387294 hardcover alkaline paper |
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