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The Astronomer Jules Janssen A Globetrotter of Celestial Physics /

Every aspect of the personality of Janssen (1824-1907) - that D'Artagnan of science, this bard of the Sun, and this audacious master builder - is covered here by Françoise Launay, his attentive and equally erudite biographer. A physicist, inventor and builder, Janssen was guided by his energy...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Launay, Françoise (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edición:1st ed. 2012.
Colección:Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 380
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo

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505 0 |a Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Childhood and education -- Spectral analysis and telluric lines -- Janssen and the solar flames: the key eclipse of 1868 -- The eclipse of 1870, balloons and patriotic missions -- Janssen and the Sun in majesty: the eclipse of 1871 -- Janssen and cinema: the transit of Venus of 1874 and the revolver photographique -- The foundation of the "Paris Observatory for Physical Astronomy"... located in the Meudon estate -- Janssen, the photographic technician -- From Caroline Island to Washington -- Janssen and Edison's phonograph -- The saga of the observatory on the summit of Mont Blanc -- Literary salons and educational problems -- Janssen and communication -- Epilogue -- Chronology -- Bibliography -- Index. 
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