Percival Lowell - The Culture and Science of a Boston Brahmin

contributed to the very special character of his careers, first as a cultural analyst and then more memorably as an astronomer.

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About the author

David Strauss is Professor of History, Kalamazoo College.

Summary

Elder brother of Harvard President Lawrence and poet Amy, Percival Lowell is best known as the astronomer who claimed intelligent beings had built canals on Mars. But the Lowell who emerges here was a polymath: not just a self-taught astronomer, but a shrewd investor, skilled photographer, inspired public speaker, and adventure-travel writer.

Product details

• Authors: David Strauß, Strauss David
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2001
• EAN: 9780674002913
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00291-3
• Weight: 689 g
• Illustrations: 6 halftones
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; USA, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, astronomy, United States of America, USA, Astronomy, space & time, Astronomy, space and time, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy