Nicolas-Louis De La Caille, Astronomer and Geodesist
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Dec 29, 2012
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780199668403
Description: This is a comprehensive biography of one of the greatest and most careful observational astronomers of all time. Nicolas-Louis De La Caille mapped the southern sky and named many of the constellations. In addition, he contributed to geodesy, navigation, and celestial mechanics.