书目名称 | Chronicling the Golden Age of Astronomy | 副标题 | A History of Visual | 编辑 | Neil English | 视频video | http://file.papertrans.cn/227/226435/226435.mp4 | 概述 | Contains a treasure-trove of historical information about the characters, culture and observing styles of the greatest visual observers in history.Features photos of the most iconic historical telesco | 丛书名称 | Historical & Cultural Astronomy | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .The invention of the telescope at the dawning of the 17th century has revolutionized humanity‘s understanding of the Universe and our place within it. This book traces the development of the telescope over four centuries, as well as the many personalities who used it to uncover brand-new revelations about the Sun, Moon, planets, stars and distant galaxies..Starting with early observers such as Thomas Harriot, Galileo, Johannes Hevelius, Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Robert Hooke and Christian Huygens, the book explores how these early observers arrived at essentially correct ideas concerning the objects they studied. Moving into the 18th and 19th centuries, the author describes the increasing sophistication of telescopes both large and small, and the celebrated figures who used them so productively, including the Herschels, Charles Messier, William Lassell and the Earls of Rosse..Many great discoveries were also made with smaller instruments when placed in the capable hands of the Struve dynasty, F.W. Bessel, Angelo Secchi and S.W Burnham, to name but a few. Nor were all great observers of professional ilk. The book explores the contributions made by the ‘clerical astronomers,‘ Willi | 出版日期 | Book 2018 | 关键词 | Historical telescopes; History of observatories; Development of visual astronomy; Astronomy post Tycho | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97707-2 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-97707-2Series ISSN 2509-310X Series E-ISSN 2509-3118 | issn_series | 2509-310X | copyright | Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018 |
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