John Herschel's Cape Voyage
Subtitle: Private Science, Public Imagination and the Ambitions of Empire (Science, Technology, and Culture, 1700-1945)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: May 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9780754635581
Subjects: General; Scientists - General; Biography/Autobiography; Astronomers; South Africa; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Herschel, John F. W.; Herschel, John F. W; Cape of Good Hope; Astronomy, Space & Time; History of science; 1792-1871; Sir,; (John Frederick William),
First sentence: John Herschel's plan to survey the southern heavens arose in part from his desire to complete the astronomical work begun by his father.