The Georgian Star: How William and Caroline Herschel Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Cosmos by Michael D. Lemonick
The Georgian Star: How William and Caroline Herschel Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Cosmos
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Michael D. Lemonick
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The Georgian Star: How William and Caroline Herschel Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Cosmos

Great Discoveries (Paperback)

Michael D. Lemonick

224 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science technology informative slow-paced
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Trained as a musician, amateur scientist William Herschel found international fame after discovering the planet Uranus in 1781. Though he is still best known for this finding, his partnership with his sister Caroline yielded other groundbreaking w...

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