The astronomer Jules Janssen : a globetrotter of celestial physics / Françoise Launay ; translated by Storm Dunlop.
Pubblicazione:
New York : Springer, c2012.
Descrizione fisica:
XXIX, 220 p. : ill., ritr. ; 25 cm
Serie:
Astrophysics and space science library ; 380
Note:
Tit. orig.: Un globe-trotter de la physique céleste : l'astronome Jules Janssen
Contiene:
Indice: 1. Foreword 2. Childhood and education 3. Spectral analysis and the telluric lines 4. Janssen and the solar flames: the key eclipse of 1868 5. The eclipse of 1870, balloons and patriotic missions 6. Janssen and the Sun in its majesty: the eclipse of 1871 7. Janssen and the cinema: the transit of Venus of 1874 and the revolver photographique 8. The foundation of the Paris observatory for the physical astronomy... located in the Meudon estate 9. Janssen, the photographic technician 10. From Caroline island to Washington 11. Janssen and Edison's photograph 12. The saga of the Observatory on the summit of Mont Blanc 13. Literary salons and educational problems 14. Janssen and communication. Epilogue. Chronology. Bibliography. Index
