The Heavens on Earth : Observatories and Astronomy in Nineteenth-Century Science and Culture /

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A cultural history of astronomy in the 19th century that focusses on the issues and perspectives on the role of the observatory in science, society, and culture.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Sibum, Heinz Otto, 1956-, Bigg, Charlotte, Aubin, David, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Astronomie
Nineteenth century.
Astronomy.
SCIENCE > History.
SCIENCE > Astronomy.
Dix-neuvieme siecle.
Astronomie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Astronomy > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction: observatory techniques in nineteenth-century science and society / David Aubin, Charlotte Bigg, and H. Otto Sibum -- The astronomical capital of the world : Pulkovo Observatory in the Russia of Tsar Nicholas I / Simon Werrett -- The Jesuit on the roof : observatory sciences, metaphysics, and nation building / Massimo Mazzotti -- Eclipse politics in France and Thailand, 1868 / David Aubin -- Keeping the books at Paramatta Observatory / Simon Schaffer -- Training seafarers in astronomy : methods, naval schools, and naval observatories in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century France / Guy Boistel -- Astronomy as military science the case of Sweden, ca. 1800/1850 / Sven Widmalm -- Geodesy and map making in France and Algeria : between army officers and observatory scientists / Martina Schiavon -- Michelson and the observatory : physics and the astronomical community in late-nineteenth-century America / Richard Staley -- Even the tools will be free : Humboldt's romantic technologies / John Tresch -- "I thought this might be of interest--" : the observatory as public enterprise / Theresa Levitt -- Staging the heavens : astrophysics and popular astronomy in the late nineteenth century / Charlotte Bigg -- The Berlin Urania, Humboldtian cosmology, and the public / Ole Molvig. 
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