Chronicling the Golden Age of Astronomy : A History of Visual Observing from Harriot to Moore / / by Neil English |
Autore | English Neil |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (665 pages) |
Disciplina | 520.9 |
Collana | Historical & Cultural Astronomy |
Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations History Technology—History Astronomy, Observations and Techniques History of Science History of Technology |
ISBN | 3-319-97707-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Thomas Harriot, England’s First Telescopist -- Chapter 2: The Legacy of Galileo -- Chapter 3: The Checkered Career of Simon Marius -- Chapter 4: The Era of Long Telescopes -- Chapter 5: Workers of Speculum -- Chapter 6: Charles Messier, the Ferret of Comets -- Chapter 7: Thomas Jefferson and His Telescopic Forays.-Chapter 8: The Herschel Legacy -- Chapter 9: Thinking Big – The Pioneers of Parsonstown -- Chapter 10: The Astronomical Adventures of William Lassell -- Chapter 11: Friedrich W. Bessel: The Man Who Dared to Measure -- Chapter 12: W. H. Smyth: The Admirable Admiral -- Chapter 13: The Stellar Contributions of Wilhelm von Struve -- Chapter 14: The Eagle-Eyed Reverend William Rutter Dawes -- Chapter 15: The Telescopes of the Reverend Thomas William Webb -- Chapter 16: The Astronomical Adventures of Artistic Nathaniel Everett Green -- Chapter 17: Edward Emerson Barnard, the Early Years -- Chapter 18: William F. Denning, a Biographical Sketch -- Chapter 19: A Modern Commentary on W. F. Denning’s Telescopic Work for Starlight Evenings (1891) -- Chapter 20: The Astronomical Legacy of Asaph Hall -- Chapter 21: The Life and Work of Charles Grover (1842-1921) -- Chapter 22: Angelo Secchi, Father of Modern Astrophysics -- Chapter 23: John Birmingham, T. H. E. C Espin and the Search for Red Stars -- Chapter 24: A Historic Clark Telescope Receives a New Lease on Life -- Chapter 25: A Short Commentary on Percival Lowell’s “Mars as the Abode of Life” -- Chapter 26: The Great Meudon Refractor -- Chapter 27: A Short Commentary on R.G Aitken’s The Binary Stars -- Chapter 28: S. W. Burnham – A Life Behind the Eyepiece -- Chapter 29: Voyage to the Planets: The Astronomical Forays of Arthur Stanley Williams (1861-1938) -- Chapter 30: Explorer of the Planets: The Contributions of the Reverend T. E. R. Philips -- Chapter 31: Highlights from the Life of Leslie C. Peltier -- Chapter 32: Clyde W. Tombaugh; Discoverer of Pluto -- Chapter 33: A Short Commentary on Walter Scott Houston’s “Deep Sky Wonders” -- Chapter 34: A Short Commentary on David H. Levy’s The Quest for Comets -- Chapter 35: George Alcock and the Historic Ross Refractor -- Chapter 36: Whatever Happened to Robert Burnham Junior? -- Chapter 37: The Impact of Mount Wilson’s 60-inch Reflector -- Chapter 38: Seeing Saturnian Spots Chapter 39: John Dobson and His Revolution -- Chapter 40: The Telescopes of Sir Patrick Moore (1923-2012) -- Chapter 41: A Gift of a Telescope: The Japan 400 Project -- Appendix: Achievements of the Classical Refractor – A Timeline -- Index. . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300161703321 |
English Neil | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Classic telescopes : a guide to collecting, restoring, and using telescopes of yesteryear / / Neil English |
Autore | English Neil |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Springer, 2012, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina | 522.2 |
Collana | Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series |
Soggetto topico |
Telescopes - Collectors and collecting
Telescopes - Conservation and restoration |
ISBN |
1-283-62409-5
9786613936547 1-4614-4424-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface: The Appeal of Yesteryear.-Chapter 1: The Dollond Century -- Chapter 2: A Yorkshireman Makes Good -- Chapter 3: Once Upon a Time in America -- Chapter 4: Zeiss is Nice -- Chapter 5: The Story of Broadhurst, Clarkson & Fuller -- Chapter 6: The 60mm Brigade -- Chapter 7: Classic Specula -- Chapter 8: The Age of Unitron -- Chapter 9: Die Zauberflöte -- Chapter 10: Pioneers of the New Glass -- Chaper 11: Classic Cats -- Chapter 12: Resurrecting the Master's Glass -- Chapter 13: The Antique Telescpe in the Twenty-First Century -- Epilogue: Sailing to Byzantium -- References and Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910438117403321 |
English Neil | ||
New York, : Springer, 2012, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Grab 'n' Go Astronomy / / by Neil English |
Autore | English Neil |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
Disciplina | 520 |
Collana | The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Astrophysics Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology Popular Science in Astronomy |
Soggetto genere / forma | Popular works. |
ISBN | 1-4939-0826-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I: Grab ‘n’ Go Equipment -- Grab ‘n’ Go Refractors -- Grab ‘n’ Go Dobsonians -- Grab ‘n’ Go Catadioptrics -- The Binocular Universe -- Grab ‘n’ Go Mounts -- Ancillary Equipment for Small Telescopes -- Part II: Grab ‘n’ Go Observing -- Sol Invictus -- Lunar and Planetary Observing -- Double Star Observing -- Observing Open and Globular Clusters -- Realm of the Nebulae -- Variable Star Observing -- Observing Galaxies. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300393403321 |
English Neil | ||
New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Space Telescopes : Capturing the Rays of the Electromagnetic Spectrum / / by Neil English |
Autore | English Neil |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XII, 312 p. 103 illus., 88 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 520 |
Collana | Astronomers' Universe |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations History Space sciences Popular Science in Astronomy Astronomy, Observations and Techniques History of Science Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) |
ISBN | 3-319-27814-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Light: Nature's Great Information Superhighway -- Chapter 2: The Hubble Space Telescope - Tragedy and Triumph -- Chapter 3: Hubble - The People's Telescope -- Chapter 4: The Infrared Universe -- Chapter 5: The Gamma Ray Universe -- Chapter 6: The Universe Through Ultraviolet Eyes -- Chapter 7: The X-Ray Universe -- Chapter 8: Probing the Microwave Sky -- Chapter 9: Empire of the Sun -- Chapter 10: Measuring the Heavens -- Chapter 11: Looking to the Future: The James Webb Space Telescope -- Useful Websites on Space Telescopes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910150446503321 |
English Neil | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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