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The Story of the Herschels
Lucid biographies of a remarkable family of astronomers
The Cambridge Companion to John Herschel
The first-ever comprehensive account of John Herschel's life, work and legacy, shedding new light on the history of Victorian science.
The Story of the Herschels, a Family of Astronomers
This book tells the story of a family of astronomers who changed the course of astronomy. From the pioneering work of Sir William Herschel, who discovered Uranus and many other celestial objects, to the groundbreaking contributions of Sir John Herschel and Caroline Herschel, this book also explores the history of astronomy.
Other Suns Than Ours
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Herschel at the Cape
Sir John Herschel, one of the founders of Southern Hemisphere astronomy, was a man of extraordinarily wide interests. He made contributions to botany, geology, and ornithology, as well as to astronomy, chemistry, and mathematics. Throughout his scientific career he kept a diary, recording his public and private life. The diaries from 1834 to 1838, years he spent making astronomical observations at the Cape of Good Hope, are reproduced in this book and prove to be much more than an ordinary scientist’s logbook. They present personal and social history, literary commentaries, the results of close observations of nature and numerous scientific experiments, the excitement of travel, political ...
The Scientific Papers of Sir William Herschel
Sir William Herschel's many ground-breaking astronomical papers were scattered over 40 volumes of The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and elsewhere until 1912, when they were collected by John Louis Emil Dreyer and published as is reprinted by Thoemmes Press here.
