Searching the Heavens and the Earth: The History of Jesuit Observatories

by Agustín Udías

Jesuits established a large number of astronomical, geophysical and meteorological observatories during the 17th and 18th centuries and again during the 19th and 20th centuries throughout the world. The history of these observatories has never been published in a complete form. Many early European astronomical observatories were established in Jesuit colleges. During the 17th and 18th centuries Jesuits were the first western scientists to enter into...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048162521
• ISBN13: 9789048162529
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 373 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.