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Brock, Claire

 
9781785781667: The Comet Sweeper: Caroline Herschel's Astronomical Ambition
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ISBN 10 : 1785781669 ISBN 13 : 9781785781667
Editeur : Icon Books, 2017

Synopsis

Having escaped domestic servitude in Germany by teaching herself to sing, and established a career in England, Caroline Herschel learned astronomy while helping her brother William, then Astronomer Royal.



Soon making scientific discoveries in her own right, she swept to international scientific and popular fame. She was awarded a salary by George III in 1787 - the first woman in Britain to make her living from science.



But, as a woman in a male-dominated world, Herschel's great success was achieved despite constant frustration of her ambitions. Drawing on original sources - including Herschel's diaries and her fiery letters - Claire Brock tells the story of a woman determined to win independence and satisfy her astronomical ambition.

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À propos de l'auteur

Claire Brock is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Leicester. She was awarded the British Society for the History of Science's Singer Prize for an article on the Victorian scientist and writer Mary Somerville. Dr Brock was recently awarded a Wellcome Trust Research Leave Award (2012-2014).

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Éditeur
Icon Books
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1785781669
ISBN 13 
9781785781667
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
304
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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