The Comet Sweeper: Caroline Herschel's Astronomical Ambition
Author:   Claire Brock
Publisher:   Icon Books
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9781840467208


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   01 March 2007
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Claire Brock
Publisher:   Icon Books
Imprint:   Icon Books
Dimensions:   Width: 14.50cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 19.50cm
Weight:   0.349kg
ISBN:  

9781840467208


ISBN 10:   1840467207
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   01 March 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Content s Acknowledgements x INTRODUCTION Astronomical ambition 1 CHAPTER I Early life 13 CHAPTER II Escape to Bath 61 CHAPTER III From stage ornament to 109 celebrated female astronomer CHAPTER IV Distinguished at last 163 Conclusion 219 Notes 225 Bibliography 265 Index 281

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Claire Brock is a lecturer in the English department at the University of Leicester. She was recently awarded the British Society for the History of Science's Singer Prize for an article on the Victorian scientist and writer Mary Somerville.

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