AGNES MARY CLERKE AND THE RISE OF ASTROPHYSICS by Bruck, Mary ISBN 0521808448
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[edit] AGNES MARY CLERKE AND THE RISE OF ASTROPHYSICS
Account of the extraordinary career of mid-nineteenth century astronomer.
Born in Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century, Agnes Mary Clerke achieved fame as the author of A History of Astronomy during the Nineteenth Century. Through her quarter-century career, she became the leading commentator on astronomy and astrophysics in the English-speaking world. The biography of Agnes Clerke describes the life and work of this extraordinary woman. It also chronicles the development of astronomy in the last decades of pre-Einstein science, and introduces many of the great figures in astronomy of that age including Huggins, Lockyer, Holden, and Pickering; their achievements and their rivalries. The story follows her friendship with William and Margaret Huggins, and her prolific correspondence with eminent astronomers of the time. This biography will fascinate scientists, and anyone who admires intellectual achievement brought about through love of learning and sheer hard work.
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[edit] Title
AGNES MARY CLERKE AND THE RISE OF ASTROPHYSICS
[edit] Author
Bruck, Mary
[edit] ISBN
0521808448
[edit] Published
09/05/2002
[edit] Publisher
Cambridge University Press
[edit] Binding
hardback
[edit] Retail Price
45 (GBP)
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44.1 (GBP)
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