@article{695483,
      recid = {695483},
      author = {Hoskin, Michael A.,},
      title = {William and Caroline Herschel pioneers in late  18th-century astronomy / [electronic resource] :},
      pages = {1 online resource (viii, 112 pages) :},
      abstract = {"This beautifully structured book presents the essentials  of William and Caroline Herschel's pioneering achievements  in late 18th-century astronomy. Michael Hoskin shows that  William Herschel was the first observational cosmologist  and one of the first observers to attack the sidereal  universe beyond the solar system: Herschel built  instruments far better than any being used at the royal  observatory. Aided by his sister Caroline, he commenced a  great systematic survey that led to his discovery of Uranus  in 1781. Unlike observers before him, whose telescopes did  not reveal them as astronomical objects, Herschel did not  ignore misty patches of light. Hoskins points out  Herschel's achievement in surveying, cataloguing, and  describing them as nebulae and even coming to the correct  conclusion that their structure evolved over time, with  Newton's gravity being the agent of change. Herschel s  surveys established a new astronomy looking at the universe  rather than the planets! Michael Hoskins account includes  sketches and diagrams from Herschel's manuscripts in the  Royal Astronomical Society Archives in which he attempts to  delineate the structure of the Milky Way galaxy. While it  is well-known that Herschel was a revolutionary in  telescope design who constructed the world s largest  telescopes, Hoskin also gives the full picture of the man  as an entrepreneur who built and traded some 400  telescopes. Hoskin also pays close attention to the role of  William's sister Caroline Herschel, who is usually  portrayed as a helpmate to her brother. But in fact she  became a significant astronomer in her own right"--Provided  by publisher.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/695483},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6875-8},
}