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Unravelling Starlight (Becker Barbara J.)
Unravelling Starlight
Untertitel William and Margaret Huggins and the Rise of the New Astronomy
Autor Becker Barbara J.
Verlag Cambridge Academic
Co-Verlag Cambridge University Press (Imprint/Brand)
Sprache Englisch
Einband Fester Einband
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
Artikelnummer 10311479
ISBN 978-1-107-00229-6
CHF 220.00
Lieferbar in ca. 10-20 Arbeitstagen
Zusammenfassung
Challenging traditional accounts of the origins of astrophysics, this book re-examines the life and career of nineteenth-century English amateur astronomer William Huggins and his wife, Margaret Huggins. Written in an engaging style, this book will be valuable to scientists, students and anyone interested in the history of astronomy.

An engaging re-examination of William Huggins' life and career; it will appeal to anyone interested in the history of astronomy.

Barbara J. Becker taught history of science at the University of California, Irvine, until her retirement. Her research interests include the role of the amateur in the development of nineteenth-century professional astronomy, the redefining of disciplinary boundaries in the face of new knowledge and new practice, and the role of controversy in shaping the substance and structure of scientific knowledge.