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The star lovers / by Robert S. Richardson.

The star lovers / by Robert S. Richardson.

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv08l45qwd

The star lovers / by Robert S. Richardson.

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Full title

The star lovers / by Robert S. Richardson.

Publisher

New York : Macmillan, [1967]

Date

[1967]

Call Numbers

T0256869 , T0256868

Record Identifier

74Vv08l45qwd

MMS ID

991015891739702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

x, 310 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Contents

Biographies of: Tycho Brahe, Jeremiah Horrocks, Isaac Newton, Ole Roemer, Edmund Halley, John Goodricke, Heinrich Samuel Schwabe, Johann Franz Encke, Pierre Jules César Janssen, Asaph Hall, Lady Huggins, Percival Lowell, Edward Emerson Barnard, Albert Einstein, Seth Barnes Nicholson and Walter Baad...

Publication information

Publisher

New York : Macmillan, [1967]

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

[1967]

Subjects

Subjects and topics

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Scope and Contents

Summary

A history of astronomy told through the lives of 16 astronomers spanning the four centuries from Brahe to Baade, including Newton and Einstein.

Alternative Titles

Full title

The star lovers / by Robert S. Richardson.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 295-299.

Transferred from E520.92/RIC.

Transferred from N520.92/1.

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

T0256869 , T0256868

Record Identifier

74Vv08l45qwd

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv08l45qwd

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MMS ID

991015891739702626

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