Nicolas-Louis De La Caille - Astronomer and Geodesist

Informationen zum Autor Ian Glass is an Astronomer at the South African Astronomical Observatory, and Adjunct Professor at James Cook University. His previous books include Revolutionaries of the Cosmos: The Astrophysicists, Victorian Telescope Makers: The Lives and Letters of Thomas and Howard Grubb, and Proxima: The Nearest Star (Other than the Sun). Klappentext This is the first comprehensive biography of one of the greatest and most careful observational astronomers of all time. He mapped the southern sky and named many of the constellations. In addition, he contributed to geodesy, navigation, and celestial mechanics. Zusammenfassung This is the first comprehensive biography of one of the greatest and most careful observational astronomers of all time. He mapped the southern sky and named many of the constellations. In addition, he contributed to geodesy, navigation, and celestial mechanics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Early Life 2: The Cape 3: The Shape of the Earth 4: Notes about the Cape 5: Later Years 6: Paradox Resolved

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• Authors: Ian Stewart Glass, Ian Stewart (Astronomer Glass, Glass Ian Stewart
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.12.2012
• EAN: 9780199668403
• ISBN: 978-0-19-966840-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry > Physical chemistry; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Science, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Cartography, map-making and projections, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods, C 1700 To C 1800, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy, Geodesy & surveying for maps & charts