Eclipses, Transits, and Comets of the Nineteenth Century: How America's Perception of the Skies Changed

by Stella Cottam and Wayne Orchiston

Book Overview

Winner of the AAS 2019 Donald E. Osterbrock Book Prize for Historical Astronomy

Grabbing the attention of poets, politicians and the general public alike, a series of spectacular astronomical events in the late 1800s galvanized Americans to take a greater interest in astronomy than ever before. At a time when the sciences were not yet as well established in the United States as they were in Europe, this public interest and support provided...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319083406
• ISBN13: 9783319083407
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"