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| Autore principale: | Chapman, Allan.
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| Titolo: | The Victorian amateur astronomer : independent astronomical research in Britain, 1820-1920 / Allan Chapman. |
| Pubblicazione: | Chichester : J. Wiley, 1998. |
| Descrizione fisica: | XIX, 428 p. : ill., ritr. ; 25 cm |
| Serie: | Wiley-Praxis series in astronomy and astrophysics |
| Contiene: | Indice: Author's preface. Acknowledgements. List of plates. Pt. 1. The grand amateurs: 1. Amateur astronomy in the romantic age 2. Gentlemen and players: amateurs and professionals in 1840 3. An inheritance, a wife, a benefice, or a brewery: financing fundamental research 4. Sir John Herschel: a model for the independent scientist 5. An astronomical house-party: the Bedford-Aylesbury axis 6. The brotherhood of the big reflecting telescope 7. The new sciences of light: spectroscopy, photography and the grand amateurs 8. The astronomers' gentlemen: the grand amateurs' professional assistants. Pt. 2. Poor, obscure and self-taught: astronomy and the working class: Prologue. 9. A penny a peep: the astronomical lectures of the people 10. Astronomy and the modest master-craftsman 11. The day-labourer astronomer. Pt. 3. The rise of the leisured enthusiast: Prologue. 12. A goodly pursuit for a godly mind: Thomas Webb and his influence 13. That clubbable passion: the amateur astronomical society 14. Now ladies as well as gentlemen 15. Conclusion and postscript: the amateur astronomer into the twentieth century. Notes and references. Index |
| Visionato in: | IMSS |
| ISBN: | 0471962570 |
| Discipline: | Astronomia--Studi specifici. |
| Luoghi: | Inghilterra. |
| Sudd. cronologiche: | Secolo XIX. Secolo XX. |
| Correlato a: |  Chinnici, Ileana. Recensione]. |
| Collocazione: | LS 11537 |
| Nota di esemplare: | Mostra nota di esemplare |
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