Georgian Star (Great Discoveries Series)
Responsible for the greatest advances in astronomy since Copernicus, William and Caroline Herschel forever transformed our view of the heavens.
Responsible for the greatest advances in astronomy since Copernicus, William and Caroline Herschel forever transformed our view of the heavens.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780393065749 (039306574X)
ASIN: 9780393065749
Publish date: 17-11-2008
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Edition language: English
A very good book that helps to make science less scary. This slim book (it's under 200 pages) introduces the lives and times and works of William and Caroline Herschel, a brother and sister from Hanover, Germany who helped to design a system of charting and cataloging the night skies, and identifyin...