The Victorian Amateur Astronomer
Subtitle: Independent Astronomical Research in Britain 1820-1920 (Wiley-Praxis Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics)
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: January 12, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780471962571
Subjects: Astronomy, Space & Time; History of science; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Great Britain; History Of Astronomy; Science; Science/Mathematics; United Kingdom, Great Britain; History; Astronomy - General; Science / Astronomy; Astronomers; 19th century; Astronomy; Biography
First sentence: In May 1832, George Biddell Airy, who was soon to become Astronomer Royal, completed a long and detailed Report for the British Association for the Advancement of Science (B.A.A.S.) on the contemporary state of astronomy at home and abroad [1].