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A brief, readable account of a fascinating pair who laid the foundations for the modern study of astronomy. The Scotsman In this very readable biography of the 18th-century astronomer siblings William and Caroline Herschel, Michael Lemonick attempts to pin down just what their greatest achievements were. Emily Winterburn, New Scientist This is an engaging and accessible biography...Full of anecdotes and insights into the personalities of the Herschel siblings, this book is an informative and entertaining introduction to two astronmers who changed the way we observe and understand the Universe. Astronomy Now

Lemonick paints a vibrant and revealing picture of these two scientists whose painstaking observation and cataloguing paved the way for modern astronomy. -- Publishers Weekly

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A former senior science writer at Time, Michael Lemonick is the author of several books, including Echo of the Big Bang. He teaches at Princeton, Columbia, and Johns Hopkins Universities, and lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

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