000695483 000__ 03981cam\a2200529Ii\4500 000695483 001__ 695483 000695483 005__ 20230306135441.0 000695483 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000695483 007__ cr\cnu|||unuuu 000695483 008__ 131002t20142014ne\a\\\\ob\\\\001\0ceng\d 000695483 010__ $$a 2013939048 000695483 020__ $$a9789400768758 (electronic book) 000695483 020__ $$a9400768753 (electronic book) 000695483 020__ $$z9789400768741 (paper) 000695483 020__ $$z9400768745 (paper) 000695483 0247_ $$a10.1007/978-94-007-6875-8$$2doi 000695483 035__ $$aSP(OCoLC)ocn859251410 000695483 035__ $$aSP(OCoLC)859251410 000695483 040__ $$aGW5XE$$beng$$erda$$epn$$cGW5XE$$dYDXCP$$dN$T$$dCOO$$dEBLCP$$dWAU 000695483 043__ $$ae-uk--- 000695483 049__ $$aISEA 000695483 05014 $$aQB36.H6$$bH67 2014 000695483 08204 $$a520.92$$223 000695483 1001_ $$aHoskin, Michael A.,$$eauthor. 000695483 24510 $$aWilliam and Caroline Herschel$$h[electronic resource] :$$bpioneers in late 18th-century astronomy /$$cMichael Hoskin. 000695483 264_1 $$aDordrecht ;$$aNew York :$$bSpringer,$$c[2014] 000695483 264_4 $$c©2014 000695483 300__ $$a1 online resource (viii, 112 pages) :$$billustrations. 000695483 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000695483 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 000695483 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000695483 4901_ $$aSpringerBriefs in Astronomy,$$x2191-9119 000695483 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000695483 5050_ $$a1. Vocations in Conflict -- 2. The Construction of the Heavens -- 3. "One of the Greatest Mechanics of His Day" -- 4. The Peerless Assistant -- 5. William's Declining Years -- 6. John's "Sacred Duty" -- Appendix: Visitors' Accounts of the Herschels at Work. 000695483 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000695483 520__ $$a"This beautifully structured book presents the essentials of William and Caroline Herschel's pioneering achievements in late 18th-century astronomy. Michael Hoskin shows that William Herschel was the first observational cosmologist and one of the first observers to attack the sidereal universe beyond the solar system: Herschel built instruments far better than any being used at the royal observatory. Aided by his sister Caroline, he commenced a great systematic survey that led to his discovery of Uranus in 1781. Unlike observers before him, whose telescopes did not reveal them as astronomical objects, Herschel did not ignore misty patches of light. Hoskins points out Herschel's achievement in surveying, cataloguing, and describing them as nebulae and even coming to the correct conclusion that their structure evolved over time, with Newton's gravity being the agent of change. Herschel s surveys established a new astronomy looking at the universe rather than the planets! Michael Hoskins account includes sketches and diagrams from Herschel's manuscripts in the Royal Astronomical Society Archives in which he attempts to delineate the structure of the Milky Way galaxy. While it is well-known that Herschel was a revolutionary in telescope design who constructed the world s largest telescopes, Hoskin also gives the full picture of the man as an entrepreneur who built and traded some 400 telescopes. Hoskin also pays close attention to the role of William's sister Caroline Herschel, who is usually portrayed as a helpmate to her brother. But in fact she became a significant astronomer in her own right"--Provided by publisher. 000695483 588__ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 16, 2013). 000695483 60010 $$aHerschel, William,$$d1738-1822. 000695483 60010 $$aHerschel, Caroline Lucretia,$$d1750-1848. 000695483 650_0 $$aAstronomers$$zGreat Britain$$vBiography. 000695483 650_0 $$aAstronomy$$xHistory$$y18th century. 000695483 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aHoskin, Michael A.$$tWilliam and Caroline Herschel.$$dDordrecht ; New York : Springer, [2014]$$z9400768745$$w(DLC) 2013939048$$w(OCoLC)835373953 000695483 830_0 $$aSpringerBriefs in astronomy. 000695483 85280 $$bebk$$hSpringerLink 000695483 85640 $$3SpringerLink$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6875-8$$zOnline Access 000695483 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:695483$$pGLOBAL_SET 000695483 980__ $$aEBOOK 000695483 980__ $$aBIB 000695483 982__ $$aEbook 000695483 983__ $$aOnline 000695483 994__ $$a92$$bISE