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The Shadow of the Telescope: A Biography of John Herschel

The Shadow of the Telescope: A Biography of John Herschel

Buttman, Gunther

Paperback

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ISBN10: 0718895274
ISBN13: 9780718895273
Publisher: Lutterworth Press
Published: Oct 27 2022
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.49 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
The definitive biography of the often-overlooked third Herschel astronomer.

Günther Buttman's The Shadow of the Telescope was the first full-length biography of the nineteenth-century astronomer, Sir John Herschel. First published in German, this intriguing text chronicles the life and works of the third of the Herschel astronomers, the son of William and the nephew of Caroline. John was extremely intelligent, graduating as Senior Wrangler in the notoriously difficult Mathematical Tripos at Cambridge University. While less famous than his father and aunt, he nevertheless went on to make important discoveries in the field of astronomy. He named seven moons of Saturn and four moons of Uranus, the planet his father had only recently discovered.

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