Observers of the Aurora Borealis in Europe : journey into the learned world of the Enlightenment / Eric Chassefière.
Pubblicazione:
London : ISTE, 2023.
Descrizione fisica:
XIII, 338 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Serie:
Environmental sciences series
Contiene:
Indice: Introduction. 1. The Aurora Borealis issue of the affirmation of the Cartesian mechanism and the dispute between Paris and Montpellier: the French choice 2. Joseph-Nicolas Delisle: grandeur and vicissitudes of a Newtonian scientist with thwarted ambitions 3. The creation ex-nihilo and the beginnings of the Imperial Russian academy of sciences: the influence of Christian Wolff 4. Anders Celsius and the European observation networks, setting up a science society and an astronomical observatory in Uppsala 5. Genesis of the academies of Bologna and Berlin, the involvement of women in astronomy and the gender issue. Conclusion. Appendix. References. Index
