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portada Making Stars Physical: The Astronomy of sir John Herschel
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2018
Language
English
Pages
352
Format
Hardcover
ISBN13
9780822945307
Edition No.
1
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Making Stars Physical: The Astronomy of sir John Herschel

Stephen Case (Author) · University Of Pittsburgh Press · Hardcover

Making Stars Physical: The Astronomy of sir John Herschel - Stephen Case

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Synopsis "Making Stars Physical: The Astronomy of sir John Herschel "

Making Stars Physical offers the first extensive look at the astronomical career of John Herschel, son of William Herschel and one of the leading scientific figures in Britain throughout much of the nineteenth century. Herschel’s astronomical career is usually relegated to a continuation of his father, William’s, sweeps for nebulae. However, as Stephen Case argues, John Herschel was pivotal in establishing the sidereal revolution his father had begun: a shift of attention from the planetary system to the study of nebulous regions in the heavens and speculations on the nature of the Milky Way and the sun’s position within it. Through John Herschel’s astronomical career—in particular his work on constellation reform, double stars, and variable stars—the study of stellar objects became part of mainstream astronomy. He leveraged his mathematical expertise and his position within the scientific community to make sidereal astronomy accessible even to casual observers, allowing amateurs to make useful observations that could contribute to theories on the nature of stars. With this book, Case shows how Herschel’s work made the stars physical and laid the foundations for modern astrophysics.

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