Journal

Journal
Author: British Astronomical Association
Publisher:
Total Pages: 756
Release: 1893
Genre: Astronomy
ISBN:

John Tebbutt

John Tebbutt
Author: Wayne Orchiston
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 586
Release: 2016-11-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319445219

This book marks the centennial of Tebbutt's death with a major biographical account surveying his scientific contributions to astronomy, prefaced with a foreword by Sir Patrick Moore. During the second half of the nineteenth century, Tebbutt was Australia's foremost astronomer. He devoted his time and funds to astronomy, and built a truly international reputation that far surpassed Australia's leading professional astronomers of the day. This book marks the centennial of Tebbutt's death with a major biographical account. Tebbutt's remarkable record of achievement extends over more than half a century. Orchiston's book covers the whole of Tebbutt's career, from his yearly observatory reports and comet discoveries to his time as the first president of Sydney's branch of the British Astronomical Association.

Science Periodicals in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Science Periodicals in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Author: Gowan Dawson
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2020-03-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 022668346X

Periodicals played a vital role in the developments in science and medicine that transformed nineteenth-century Britain. Proliferating from a mere handful to many hundreds of titles, they catered to audiences ranging from gentlemanly members of metropolitan societies to working-class participants in local natural history clubs. In addition to disseminating authorized scientific discovery, they fostered a sense of collective identity among their geographically dispersed and often socially disparate readers by facilitating the reciprocal interchange of ideas and information. As such, they offer privileged access into the workings of scientific communities in the period. The essays in this volume set the historical exploration of the scientific and medical periodicals of the era on a new footing, examining their precise function and role in the making of nineteenth-century science and enhancing our vision of the shifting communities and practices of science in the period. This radical rethinking of the scientific journal offers a new approach to the reconfiguration of the sciences in nineteenth-century Britain and sheds instructive light on contemporary debates about the purpose, practices, and price of scientific journals.

Venus

Venus
Author: Donald M. Hunten
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 1160
Release: 1983-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780816507887

No serious astronomical library can be complete without it.ÑJournal of the British Astronomical Association "The book contains the results of the exploration of Venus by spacecraft during the period 1962-1978. . . . The book represents an excellent review of the principal results of Venus in the period covered."ÑBulletin of the Astronomical Institute of Czechoslovakia "A wealth of new information."ÑScience "Strongly recommended."ÑScience Books & Films

Literature 1981, Part 2

Literature 1981, Part 2
Author: S. Böhme
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 803
Release: 2013-04-18
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3662123312