| 书目名称 | William and Caroline Herschel |
| 副标题 | Pioneers in Late 18t |
| 编辑 | Michael Hoskin |
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| 概述 | Answers the question: why are the Herschels important in history of science?.Shows a complete set of portraits of William and Caroline Herschel which have never before been published as a complete ref |
| 丛书名称 | SpringerBriefs in Astronomy |
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| 描述 | .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 the solar system:.Herschel built instruments far better than any being used at the royal observatory. .Aided by his sister Caroline, he commenced a great systematic survey that led to his discovery of Uranus in 1781..Unlike observers before him, whose telescopes did not reveal them as astronomical objects, Herschel did not ignore misty patches of light. Hoskins points out Herschel’s achievement in surveying, cataloguing, and describing them as “nebulae” and even coming to the correct conclusion that their structure evolved over time, with Newton’s gravity being the agent of change. .Herschel’s surveys established a new astronomy – looking at the universe rather than the planets! Michael Hoskin’s account includes sketches and diagrams from Herschel’s manuscripts in the Royal Astronomical Society Archives in which he attempts to delineate the structure of the Milky Way galaxy..While it i |
| 出版日期 | Book 2014 |
| 关键词 | Caroline Herschel; Discovery of Uranus; Herschel Family; Herschel Galaxies; Herschel Portraits; Herschel |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6875-8 |
| isbn_softcover | 978-94-007-6874-1 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-94-007-6875-8Series ISSN 2191-9100 Series E-ISSN 2191-9119 |
| issn_series | 2191-9100 |
| copyright | The Author(s) 2014 |
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