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Author : Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Caroline Herschel's Autobiographies written by Caroline Lucretia Herschel and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marilyn B Ogilvie
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752475460
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)
Download or read book Searching the Stars written by Marilyn B Ogilvie and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by the international expert on women in science, this, the first biography of Caroline Herschel, the first professional female scientist, reveals the hardships experienced by a woman pursuing a male profession.
Author : Michael Hoskin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400838126
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Discoverers of the Universe written by Michael Hoskin and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the brother and sister who helped found modern astronomy Discoverers of the Universe tells the gripping story of William Herschel, the brilliant, fiercely ambitious, emotionally complex musician and composer who became court astronomer to Britain's King George III, and of William's sister, Caroline, who assisted him in his observations of the night sky and became an accomplished astronomer in her own right. Together, they transformed our view of the universe from the unchanging, mechanical creation of Newton's clockmaker god to the ever-evolving, incredibly dynamic cosmos that it truly is. William was in his forties when his amateur observations using a homemade telescope led to his discovery of Uranus, and an invitation to King George's court. He coined the term "asteroid," discovered infrared radiation, was the first to realize that our solar system is moving through space, discovered 2,500 nebulae that form the basis of the catalog astronomers use today, and was unrivalled as a telescope builder. Caroline shared William's passion for astronomy, recording his observations during night watches and organizing his papers for publication. She was the first salaried woman astronomer in history, a pioneer who herself discovered nine comets and became a role model for women in the sciences. Written by the world's premier expert on the Herschels, Discoverers of the Universe traces William and Caroline's many extraordinary contributions to astronomy, shedding new light on their productive but complicated relationship, and setting their scientific achievements in the context of their personal struggles, larger-than-life ambitions, bitter disappointments, and astonishing triumphs.
Author : Padma Venkatraman
Publisher : Morgan Reynolds Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781599350424
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (54 download)
Download or read book Double Stars written by Padma Venkatraman and published by Morgan Reynolds Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young adult biography of British astronomer Caroline Herschel
Author : Michael D. Lemonick
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393065749
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (657 download)
Download or read book The Georgian Star written by Michael D. Lemonick and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1781, William Herschel won international fame for discovering Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. In documenting a new planet - something no one had done since the dawn of civilization - he expanded our perception that we are part of something much greater than the immediately visible solar system." "Herschel remains most famous for this discovery, but, as The Georgian Star makes vividly clear, he accomplished much more. After a successful career as a professional musician, he turned his attention to astronomy in his mid-thirties. With his sister Caroline as a partner, he pioneered techniques that are still used by astronomers today. The Herschels were the first to map the night sky, listing and categorizing every object they could see. To do so, they built a massive, forty-foot-tall telescope under the patronage of King George III. They were also the first to propose that the visible stars surrounding our little planet are only a fraction of those that make up a continually evolving universe. William's restless intelligence led further still, to the discovery of infrared radiation - invisible radiation that has a wavelength longer than microwaves but shorter than that of visible light. Caroline assembled an exhaustive catalog of nebulae, the beautiful, cloudy assemblages of dust and stellar light." "Erudite and accessible, The Georgian Star is a lively portrait of the pair who invented modern astronomy."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Mrs. John Herschel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel written by Mrs. John Herschel and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carrie Brown
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0804172137
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)
Download or read book The Stargazer's Sister written by Carrie Brown and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2016-12-13 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caroline, known as “Lina” to her family, has always lived in the shadow of her older brother William Herschel’s accomplishments. And yet when William invites Lina to join him in England to assist in his musical and astronomical pursuits—not to mention to run his bachelor household—she accepts, finding a new sense of purpose. William may be an obsessive genius, but Lina adores him, and aids him with the same fervency as a beloved wife. When William decides to marry, however, Lina’s world collapses. As she attempts to rebuild a future, we witness the dawning of an early feminist consciousness—a woman struggling to find her own place among the stars.
Author : Mrs. John Herschel
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3752403810
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)
Download or read book Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel written by Mrs. John Herschel and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel by Mrs. John Herschel
Author : Emily Winterburn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780750980678
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (86 download)
Download or read book The Quiet Revolution of Caroline Herschel written by Emily Winterburn and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new biography of one of the most influential female scientists looking at the ten 'lost' years of Caroline's life, when virtually no records of her own are still in existence.
Author : Mrs John Herschel
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781539431527
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel written by Mrs John Herschel and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1879. MEMOIR AND CORRESPONDENCE OF CAROLINE HERSCHEL contains the letters and diaries of the celebrated astronomer Caroline Herschel (1750-1848), edited by her niece, Mary Herschel. Caroline was born in Hanover to a musician father and an illiterate mother who did not want her daughter to be educated. However Caroline's brother William, an organist employed in Bath, persuaded their mother to allow Caroline to join him there. She left for England in 1772 to live with William, to whom she remained devoted all of her life. In Bath, William turned towards telescope-making and astronomy, to such effect that in 1781 he discovered the planet Uranus. He was appointed 'the King's astronomer' in 1782, and Caroline, trained by William, continued to work at his side as a scientist in her own right. Between them, they discovered eight comets and raised the number of recorded nebulae from a hundred to 2500. -- Cambridge University Press
Author : Emily Arnold McCully
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 082344676X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (234 download)
Download or read book Caroline's Comets written by Emily Arnold McCully and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With courage and confidence, Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) becomes the first woman professional scientist and one of the greatest astronomers who ever lived. Born the youngest daughter of a poor family in Hanover, Germany, Caroline was scarred from smallpox, stunted from typhus, and used by her parents as a scullery maid. But when her favorite brother, William, left for England, he took her with him. The siblings shared a passion for stars, and together they built the greatest telescope of their age, working tirelessly on star charts. Using their telescope, Caroline discovered fourteen nebulae and two galaxies, was the first woman to discover a comet, and became the first woman officially employed as a scientist--by no less than the King of England. The information from the Herschels' star catalogs is still used by space agencies today. The book includes excerpts from Caroline Herschel's autobiography. A 2018 NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12.
Author : Mary Cornwallis Herschel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (779 download)
Download or read book Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel written by Mary Cornwallis Herschel and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mary Cornwallis Herschel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel written by Mary Cornwallis Herschel and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Claire Brock
Publisher : Icon Science
ISBN 13 : 9781785781667
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (816 download)
Download or read book The Comet Sweeper written by Claire Brock and published by Icon Science. This book was released on 2017-01-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having escaped domestic servitude in Germany by teaching herself to sing, and established a career in England, Caroline Herschel learned astronomy while helping her brother William, then Astronomer Royal. Soon making scientific discoveries in her own right, she swept to international scientific and popular fame. She was awarded a salary by George III in 1787 -- the first woman in Britain to make her living from science. But, as a woman in a male-dominated world, Herschel's great success was achieved despite constant frustration of her ambitions. Drawing on original sources -- including Herschel's diaries and her fiery letters -- Claire Brock tells the story of a woman determined to win independence and satisfy her astronomical ambition.
Author : Constance A. Lubbock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107650011
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (76 download)
Download or read book The Herschel Chronicle written by Constance A. Lubbock and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1933, this book was written with the aim of presenting the life stories of William and Caroline Herschel in the setting of their family circle and the broader historical context. The text is composed, as far as possible, from their own words, using extracts from William Herschel's brief autobiographical notes and from Caroline's very full journals, as well as from letters. A variety of illustrative figures and an appendix section are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the Herschels, astronomy and music.
Author : Claire Brock
Publisher : Icon Books
ISBN 13 : 1785781677
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (857 download)
Download or read book The Comet Sweeper (Icon Science) written by Claire Brock and published by Icon Books. This book was released on 2017-01-05 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having escaped domestic servitude in Germany by teaching herself to sing, and established a career in England, Caroline Herschel learned astronomy while helping her brother William, then Astronomer Royal. Soon making scientific discoveries in her own right, she swept to international scientific and popular fame. She was awarded a salary by George III in 1787 – the first woman in Britain to make her living from science. But, as a woman in a male-dominated world, Herschel's great success was achieved despite constant frustration of her ambitions. Drawing on original sources – including Herschel's diaries and her fiery letters – Claire Brock tells the story of a woman determined to win independence and satisfy her astronomical ambition.
Author : John Herschel
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230317496
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel written by John Herschel and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VII. SIR JOHN HERSCHEL AT THE CAPE. Cape Town, Jan. 21, 1834. My Dear Aunt, -- Here we are safely landed and comfortably housed at the far end of Africa, and having secured the landing and final stowage of all the telescopes and other matters, as far as I can see, without the slightest injury, I lose no time in reporting to you our good success so far. M. and the children are, thank God, quite well; though, for fear you should think her too good a sailor, I ought to add that she continued sea-sick, at intervals, during the whole passage. We were nine weeks and two days at sea, during which period we experienced only one day of contrary wind. We had a brisk breeze " right aft" all the way from the Bay of Biscay (which we never entered) to the "calm latitudes," that is to say, to the space about five or six degrees broad near the equator, where the trade winds cease, and where it is no unusual thing for a ship to lie becalmed for a month or six weeks, frying under a vertical sun. Such, however, was not our fate. We were detained only three or four days by the calms usual in that zone, but never quite still, or driven out of our course, and immediately on crossing "the line," got a good breeze (the south-east trade wind), which carried us round Trinidad, then exchanged it for a northwest wind, which, with the exception of one day's squall from the south-east, carried us straight into Table Bay. On the night of the 14th we were told to prepare to see the Table Mountain. Next morning (N.B., we had not seen land before since leaving England), at dawn the welcome word "land" was heard, and there stood this magnificent hill, with all its attendant mountain range down to the farthest point of South Africa, full in view, with a clear blue...
