A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century |
 | Author: Agnes M. Clerke
Category: eBooks
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 369175
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B003CT2ZB8
Publication Date: March 16, 2010
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Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Since the third edition of the present work issued from the press, the nineteenth century has run its course and finished its record. A new era has dawned, not by chronological prescription alone, but to the vital sense of humanity. Novel thoughts are rife; fresh impulses stir the nations; the soughing of the wind of progress strikes every ear. "The old order changeth" more and more swiftly as mental activity becomes intensified.
Book Description
Agnes Clerke's A Popular History (1885) surveys the progress made in the field of astronomy during the nineteenth century. It brought Clerke an international reputation as a science writer and is a key text for studying the history of astronomy and its place in the intellectual world of Victorian society.
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Customer Reviews:
A superb resource August 8, 2007
P. A. Haley
Relevant today as 100 years ago when this edition was first published.
Astrophysics described from its infancy.
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