书目名称 | John Tebbutt |
副标题 | Rebuilding and Stren |
编辑 | Wayne Orchiston |
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概述 | Marks the centenary of John Tebbutt‘s death with a survey of his accomplishments.Includes a foreword by Sir Patrick Moore.Honors the astronomical groundwork done by Tebutt at a time when astronomy had |
丛书名称 | Historical & Cultural Astronomy |
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描述 | .This book marks the centennial of Tebbutt‘s death with a majorbiographical account surveying his scientific contributions toastronomy, prefaced with a foreword by Sir Patrick Moore. During thesecond half of the nineteenth century, Tebbutt was Australia‘s foremostastronomer. He devoted his time and funds to astronomy, and built atruly international reputation that far surpassed Australia‘s leadingprofessional astronomers of the day. This book marks the centennial ofTebbutt‘s death with a major biographical account. Tebbutt‘s remarkablerecord of achievement extends over more than half a century..Orchiston‘sbook covers the whole of Tebbutt‘s career, from his yearly observatoryreports and comet discoveries to his time as the first president ofSydney‘s branch of the British Astronomical Association.. |
出版日期 | Book 2017 |
关键词 | Australian Comet Corps; 19th century Australian astronomy; Nineteenth century Australian astronomy; Gru |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44521-2 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-83072-8 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-44521-2Series ISSN 2509-310X Series E-ISSN 2509-3118 |
issn_series | 2509-310X |
copyright | Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017 |