Book ID: CBB000741831

The Sun Kings: The Unexpected Tragedy of Richard Carrington and the Tale of How Modern Astronomy Began (2007)

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Clark, Stuart (Author)


Princeton University Press


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: xii + 211 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description A study of the rise of solar astronomy and scientists' understanding of the sun's effects upon the earth.


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Review Pasachoff, Naomi (2007) Review of "The Sun Kings: The Unexpected Tragedy of Richard Carrington and the Tale of How Modern Astronomy Began". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (p. 469). unapi

Review Pasachoff, Jay M.; Pasachoff, Naomi (2007) Review of "The Sun Kings: The Unexpected Tragedy of Richard Carrington and the Tale of How Modern Astronomy Began". Journal for the History of Astronomy (p. 524). unapi

Review Gossin, Pamela (2008) Review of "The Sun Kings: The Unexpected Tragedy of Richard Carrington and the Tale of How Modern Astronomy Began". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 848). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Becker, Barbara J.
Charbonneau, Paul
Clark, Stuart
Crowe, Michael J.
Goldstein, Bernard R.
Golub, Leon
Journals
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Acta Geodaetica et Geophysica Hungarica
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Physics Essays
Publishers
British Archaeological Reports
John Wiley & Sons
Reaktion Books
Springer
World Scientific
Concepts
Solar astronomy
Sun
Astronomy
Physics, solar
Tables; catalogs; lists
Observation
People
Carrington, Richard Christopher
Galilei, Galileo
Huggins, William
Kangxi, Emperor of China
Maunder, Annie S. D.
Maunder, Edward Walter
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, late
17th century
21st century
Ancient
18th century
Places
Greece
Rome (Italy)
China
France
Japan
Pyrenees (France and Spain)
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Lowell Observatory
American Astronomical Society
Pic du Midi Turret-Dome
Indian Institute of Astrophysics
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