Eclipses, Transits, and Comets of the Nineteenth Century How America's Perception of the Skies Changed /

Grabbing the attention of poets, politicians and the general public alike, a series of spectacular astronomical events in the late 1800s galvanized Americans to take a greater interest in astronomy than ever before. At a time when the sciences were not yet as well established in the United States as...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Cottam, Stella (Autor), Orchiston, Wayne (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
Colección:Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 406
Temas:
Astronomy-Observations.
Science-History.
Physics-Philosophy.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
History of Science.
Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Historical Overview- The United States and Astronomy Until the 1860S
  • Scientific Overview
  • Popular Astronomy and the Solar Eclipses of 1868, 1869 and 1878
  • Popular Astronomy and the Transits of Venus of 1874 and 1882
  • Discussion
  • Concluding Remarks
  • References.

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