Early Investigations of Ceres and the Discovery of Pallas Historical Studies in Asteroid Research /

Early Investigations of Ceres and the Discovery of Pallas Historical Studies in Asteroid Research /

An asteroid scholar, Cunningham in this book picks up where his Discovery of the First Asteroid, Ceres left off in telling the story of the impact created by the discovery of this new class of object in the early 1800s. The best and brightest minds of mathematics, science, and philosophy were fascin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cunningham, Clifford (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:2nd ed. 2016.
Subjects:
Physics.
History.
Planetology.
Observations, Astronomical.
Astronomy > Observations.
Space sciences.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
History of Science.
Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • The Triumph of the Human Intellect
  • France vs Germany
  • Hegel and Ceres
  • Piazzi's Deception
  • Herschel's New Dynasty
  • Origins of the Asteroids
  • The Scientific Papers about Ceres
  • Biographies.

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