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Great Astronomers

by Sir Robert Stawell Ball

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  1. Preface and Introduction

    11:49

  2. Ptolemy

    35:38

  3. Copernicus

    18:47

  4. Tycho Brahe

    28:20

  5. Galileo

    43:26

  6. Kepler

    28:17

  7. Isaac Newton

    44:32

  8. Flamsteed

    22:34

  9. Halley

    38:43

  10. Bradley

    21:50

  11. William Herschel

    23:48

  12. Laplace

    21:20

  13. Brinkley

    21:24

  14. John Herschel

    37:02

  15. The Earl of Rosse

    21:32

  16. Airy

    21:52

  17. Hamilton

    51:52

  18. Le Verrier

    33:02

  19. Adams

    29:42

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A telescope and a page of calculations can belong to the same scientific enterprise, and Sir Robert Stawell Ball gives space to both in these biographical sketches. Published in 1895, the book includes chapters on Ptolemy, Copernicus, Galileo, Newton and other astronomers. Ball sets out to connect each person's character and circumstances with the discoveries associated with their work. The result gives readers a history of astronomy through individual lives and scientific problems.

The account of Bradley makes the physical demands of observation particularly clear. His exceptionally long refracting telescope accompanies descriptions of measurements of Venus, a transit of Mercury and observations of a comet. Ball also explains Bradley's attempt to measure small changes in a star's apparent position as the earth moves around the sun.

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Sir Robert Stawell Ball

Sir Robert Stawell Ball (1840–1913) was an Irish astronomer and mathematician who served as Royal Astronomer of Ireland and Andrews Professor of Astronomy at the University of Dublin, and later as Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at Cambridge.

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Pages
224
Language
English
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