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William Huggins (1824-1910) was celebrated in his lifetime as the father of astrophysics. The letters and observatory notebooks contained in this edition allow Huggins' important role in the development of astrophysics to fully emerge. Material comes from archives around the world and is previously unpublished.

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'Becker's monumental volumes of William Huggins's correspondence belongs in all good libraries, and readers of this review can foster not only the knowledge in these books but also the future of publications in the history of astronomy to see that the books are widely dispersed in libraries.' AAS Newsletter

'Becker's monumental volumes of William Huggins's correspondence belongs in all good libraries, and readers of this review can foster not only the knowledge in these books but also the future of publications in the history of astronomy to see that the books are widely dispersed in libraries.' AAS Newsletter 'readers of this newsletter would do well to encourage the libraries of their home institutions to purchase the set.' International Astronomical Union Newsletter

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Barbara J Becker taught history of science at the University of California, Irvine until her retirement in 2008. She has published widely on William Huggins with recent publications including Unravelling Starlight: William and Margaret Huggins and the Rise of the New Astronomy (2011).

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