The system of the stars:

Agnes Mary Clerke (1842-1907) published The System of the Stars in 1890 when she was a well-established popular science writer. The volume was intended to bring the educated public up to date with the progress made during the 19th century in the field of sidereal astronomy. The work was one of the f...

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Beteilige Person: Clerke, Agnes M. 1842-1907
Format: E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2011
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge library collection. Physical sciences
Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511709456
Zusammenfassung:Agnes Mary Clerke (1842-1907) published The System of the Stars in 1890 when she was a well-established popular science writer. The volume was intended to bring the educated public up to date with the progress made during the 19th century in the field of sidereal astronomy. The work was one of the first publications to be illustrated with astrophotography: it contains five astronomical photographs of nebulae. Such photographs had significant impact on the reception and popular acceptance of astrophotography as scientific data. Clerke used the photographs to argue that the natural beauty and symmetry of the universe, displayed by astrophotography, proved the existence of a creator. The work is an important piece of popular Victorian scientific literature, and has significance today in the context of the 19th-century intellectual debates on the relationship between the sciences and religious belief.
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xx, 424 Seiten)
Zielpublikum:Specialized.
ISBN:9780511709456