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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2012.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2012. |
| Colección: | Astrophysics and Space Science Library,
380 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.