LEADER 03492nam 22006612 450 001 9910455607403321 005 20151005020621.0 010 $a1-107-12478-6 010 $a0-511-01999-8 010 $a1-280-43371-X 010 $a9786610433711 010 $a0-511-17645-7 010 $a0-511-15727-4 010 $a0-511-32957-1 010 $a0-511-53652-6 010 $a0-511-04467-4 035 $a(CKB)111087027190954 035 $a(EBL)202351 035 $a(OCoLC)559092902 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000100439 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11108602 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100439 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10021333 035 $a(PQKB)10706324 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511536526 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC202351 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL202351 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10021401 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL43371 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027190954 100 $a20090430d2002|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAgnes Mary Clerke and the rise of astrophysics /$fM.T. Bru?ck$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2002. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 275 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-05579-2 311 $a0-521-80844-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 269-270) and index. 327 $aFamily background in County Cork -- Ireland and Italy -- London, the literary scene -- The History of astronomy -- A circle of astronomers -- A visit to South Africa -- The System of the stars -- Social life in scientific circles -- Homer, the Herschels and a revised History -- The opinion moulder -- Popularisation, cryogenics and evolution -- Problems in astrophysics -- Women in astronomy in Britain in Agnes Clerke's time -- Revised System of the stars -- Cosmogonies, cosmology and nature's spiritual clues -- Last days and retrospect. 330 $aBorn in Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century, Agnes Mary Clerke achieved fame as the author of A History of Astronomy during the Nineteenth Century. Through her quarter-century career, she became the leading commentator on astronomy and astrophysics in the English-speaking world. The biography of Agnes Clerke describes the life and work of this extraordinary woman. It also chronicles the development of astronomy in the last decades of pre-Einstein science, and introduces many of the great figures in astronomy of that age including Huggins, Lockyer, Holden and Pickering; their achievements and their rivalries. The story follows her friendship with William and Margaret Huggins, and her prolific correspondence with eminent astronomers of the time. This biography will fascinate scientists, and anyone who admires intellectual achievement brought about through love of learning and sheer hard work. 517 3 $aAgnes Mary Clerke & the Rise of Astrophysics 606 $aAstronomers$zIreland$vBiography 606 $aAstronomy$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aAstronomers 615 0$aAstronomy$xHistory 676 $a520/.92 700 $aBru?ck$b M. T$g(Mary T.),$01057055 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455607403321 996 $aAgnes Mary Clerke and the rise of astrophysics$92491906 997 $aUNINA