skip to content
British university observatories : 1772-1939
ClosePreview this item

British university observatories : 1772-1939

Author: Roger Hutchins
Publisher: Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2008.
Series: Science, technology and culture, 1700-1945
Edition/Format:   Book : English
Summary:

University astronomy is the tap-root of the discipline from which the community of professional astronomers and its organizing talent emerged. This book provides an explanatory history of the  Read more...

Rating:

(not yet rated) 0 with reviews - Be the first.

 

Find a copy in the library

We were unable to get information about libraries that hold this item.

Details

Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Roger Hutchins
ISBN: 9780754632504 0754632504
OCLC Number: 239578684
Description: XXIII, 533 S. : ill.
Contents: Preface; Introduction; Making niches, funding the observatories; Academic astronomers in the age of the 'grand amateurs', 1820-1881; Working the university observatories, 1820-1881; 'Encumbered with lectures': developing research and providing for graduates, 1820-1939; University observatories and the opportunities in astrophysics, c. 1880-1939; Problems of proximity: Oxford's observatories, 1901-1930; British university observatories and the wider world, 1919-1939; Concluding thoughts on how astronomical knowledge advances; Bibliography; Index.
Series Title: Science, technology and culture, 1700-1945
Responsibility: by Roger Hutchins.
More information:

Reviews

User-contributed reviews
Retrieving weRead reviews...
Retrieving GoodReads reviews...
Retrieving Amazon reviews...

Tags

Be the first.
Confirm this request

You may have already requested this item. Please select Ok if you would like to proceed with this request anyway.

Close Window

Please sign in to WorldCat 

Don't have an account? You can easily create a free account.