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

by Stella Cottam and Wayne Orchiston

Book Overview

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 the growing scientific community in the United States with the platform they needed to...

• 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"