Women in Early British and Irish Astronomy - Stars and Satellites

von: Mary Brück

Springer-Verlag, 2009

ISBN: 9789048124732 , 277 Seiten

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Women in Early British and Irish Astronomy - Stars and Satellites


 

Women in Early British and Irish Astronomy

2

Introduction

12

1 A Clever and Determined Wife

15

2 The Labyrinths of Heaven

22

3 Martyr to Astronomy

37

4 The Art of Navigation

57

5 Celebrities

69

6 Queen of Science

79

7 In the Shadow of Giant Mirrors

102

8 The Admiral's Circle

117

9 Intrepid Travellers

136

10 Adventurous Amateurs

159

11 The New Astronomy

169

12 The Scholarly Sisters

192

13 Slave-Wage Earners

210

14 Sunspots and Corona

228

15 Mountain Paradise

241

16 Mapping the Moon

254

17 The End of an Era; the Beginning of a New

261

Bibliography

265

Afterword

269

Index

271