03624nam 22006855 450 991030015630332120200706212513.03-319-00618-510.1007/978-3-319-00618-5(CKB)3710000000118063(EBL)1730944(OCoLC)883570889(SSID)ssj0001241336(PQKBManifestationID)11680204(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001241336(PQKBWorkID)11210282(PQKB)10524549(MiAaPQ)EBC1730944(DE-He213)978-3-319-00618-5(PPN)178784451(EXLCZ)99371000000011806320140522d2014 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA Comet of the Enlightenment Anders Johan Lexell's Life and Discoveries /by Johan C.-E. Stén1st ed. 2014.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Birkhäuser,2014.1 online resource (309 p.)Vita Mathematica,1013-0330 ;17Description based upon print version of record.3-319-00617-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.1 Setting the scene -- 2 The humble beginnings -- 3 New prospects in Saint Petersburg -- 4 Formation of an Academician -- 5 Professor of astronomy -- 6 Professional relations and correspondence -- 7 Academic events in Saint Petersburg -- 8 Lexell’s work in mathematics -- 9 Academic Journey 1780–1781 -- 10 Return to an Academy in crisis -- 12 A sketch of Lexell’s personality -- 13 Conclusion -- 14 Appendices.The Finnish mathematician and astronomer Anders Johan Lexell (1740–1784) was a long-time close collaborator as well as the academic successor of Leonhard Euler at the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg. Lexell was initially invited by Euler from his native town of Abo (Turku) in Finland to Saint Petersburg to assist in the mathematical processing of the astronomical data of the forthcoming transit of Venus of 1769. A few years later he became an ordinary member of the Academy. This is the first-ever full-length biography devoted to Lexell and his prolific scientific output. His rich correspondence especially from his grand tour to Germany, France and England reveals him as a lucid observer of the intellectual landscape of enlightened Europe. In the skies, a comet, a minor planet and a crater on the Moon named after Lexell also perpetuate his memory.Vita Mathematica,1013-0330 ;17MathematicsHistoryGeometryAstronomyAstrophysicsHistory of Mathematical Scienceshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/M23009Geometryhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/M21006Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22006Mathematics.History.Geometry.Astronomy.Astrophysics.History of Mathematical Sciences.Geometry.Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.510.92Stén Johan C.-Eauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut721670BOOK9910300156303321A Comet of the Enlightenment2536503UNINA