John Herschel's Cape voyage : private science, public imagination and the ambitions of empire / Steven Ruskin.
Pubblicazione:
Aldershot : Ashgate, c2004.
Descrizione fisica:
XXIX, 229 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Serie:
Science, technology and culture, 1700-1945
Contiene:
Indice: List of figures. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Pt. 1. Herschel's Cape voyage: 1. Recasting Herschel's Cape voyage: filial duty vs. Humboldtian traveling 2. The politics of Herschel's Cape voyage 3. Appropriating astronomy: Herschel's Cape observations, real and imagined. Pt. 2. The production of the Cape results: 4. The Cape results: preparation and publication 5. The Cape results: distribution and reception. Pt. 3. Conclusion: 6. Herschel, icon. Appendix 1: Herschel, poetry and science. Appendix 2. Bibliography. Index
