Makers of astronomy
By: by Hector Macpherson ...
Publisher: The Clarendon Press
Published: 1933
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Astronomers.; Astronomy -- History.
Notes: "This book is based on two courses of 'Elder lectures' delivered at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, in the winters of 1960-1 and 1961-2."--Pref.
Table of contents: title: The pathfinders.; title: Isaac Newton.; title: After Newton.; title: The Herschels.; title: In Herchel's footsteps.; title: Pioneers of astrophysics.; title: Watchers of the skies.; title: Explorers of the universe.