Dante and the early astronomer : science, adventure, and a Victorian woman who opened the heavens /

In 1910, Mary Acworth Evershed (1867-1949) sat on a hill in southern India staring at the moon as she grappled with apparent mistakes in Dante's Divine Comedy. Was Dante's astronomy unintelligible? Or was he, for a man of his time and place, as insightful as one could be about the sky? As...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Daugherty, Tracy (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Evershed, Mary Acworth, > 1867-1949.
Dante Alighieri, > 1265-1321 > Influence.
Dante Alighieri, > 1265-1321
Women astronomers > England > Biography.
Astronomers > England > Biography.
Amateur astronomy > England > History.
Astronomy > England > History.
Femmes astronomes > Angleterre > Biographies.
Astronomes > Angleterre > Biographies.
Astronomie amateur > Angleterre > Histoire.
Astronomie > Angleterre > Histoire.
SCIENCE > History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
Amateur astronomy
Astronomers
Astronomy
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Women astronomers
England
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
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