Book ID: CBB000775007

British University Observatories, 1772--1939 (2008)

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Hutchins, Roger (Author)


Ashgate Publishing


Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: xxiii + 533 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Smith, Robert C. (2010) Review of "British University Observatories, 1772--1939". Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (p. 309). unapi

Review Dick, Steven J. (2010) Review of "British University Observatories, 1772--1939". Technology and Culture (p. 249). unapi

Review Lamy, Jérôme (2009) Review of "British University Observatories, 1772--1939". Revue d'Histoire des Sciences (p. 529). unapi

Review Bigg, Charlotte (2010) Review of "British University Observatories, 1772--1939". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 611). unapi

Review Ratcliff, Jessica (2012) Review of "British University Observatories, 1772--1939". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 192). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Jöns, Heike
Heffernan, Michael J.
Raposo, P. M. P.
Williams, R. J. P.
Webb, Helen
Warwick, Andrew
Journals
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy
Historia Mathematica
Revue d'Histoire des Mathématiques
Physics in Perspective
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Publishers
Robert Hale
University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
University of Chicago Press
RSC Publishing
Oxford University Press
Yale University
Concepts
Universities and colleges
Astronomy
Astronomical observatories
Mathematics
Medical education and teaching
Academic disciplines
People
Whewell, William
Maskelyne, Nevil
Madison, James
Lyons, Israel
Franklin, Benjamin
De Morgan, Augustus
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
20th century
17th century
21st century
Places
Great Britain
England
Philadelphia, PA
Lisbon (Portugal)
Kassel (Germany)
United States
Institutions
Oxford University
Cambridge University
Pitt Rivers Museum (University of Oxford)
Observatório Astronómico de Coimbra
Great Britain. Board of Longitude
Coimbra. Universidade
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