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Author: Marilyn B Ogilvie
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2011-11-08
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 0752475460
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten by the international expert on women in science, this, the first biography of Caroline Herschel, the first professional female scientist, reveals the hardships experienced by a woman pursuing a male profession.
Author: Kevin McCombs
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Published: 2016-12-15
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 150262317X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring a time when women were often alienated from scientific study due to their gender, Caroline Herschel made significant contributions to the field of astronomy. Having discovered multiple comets and created her own star catalogue, Herschel was the first woman to be paid for her scientific research. This text includes ample historical context and primary source evidence to situate Herschel and her contributions to the field of astronomy during her time.
Author: Emily Winterburn
Publisher:
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780750980678
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA new biography of one of the most influential female scientists looking at the ten 'lost' years of Caroline's life, when virtually no records of her own are still in existence.
Author: Carrie Brown
Publisher: Anchor
Published: 2016-12-13
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 0804172137
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCaroline, known as “Lina” to her family, has always lived in the shadow of her older brother William Herschel’s accomplishments. And yet when William invites Lina to join him in England to assist in his musical and astronomical pursuits—not to mention to run his bachelor household—she accepts, finding a new sense of purpose. William may be an obsessive genius, but Lina adores him, and aids him with the same fervency as a beloved wife. When William decides to marry, however, Lina’s world collapses. As she attempts to rebuild a future, we witness the dawning of an early feminist consciousness—a woman struggling to find her own place among the stars.
Author: Padma Venkatraman
Publisher: Morgan Reynolds Publishing
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781599350424
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA young adult biography of British astronomer Caroline Herschel
Author: Michael D. Lemonick
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780393065749
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"In 1781, William Herschel won international fame for discovering Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. In documenting a new planet - something no one had done since the dawn of civilization - he expanded our perception that we are part of something much greater than the immediately visible solar system." "Herschel remains most famous for this discovery, but, as The Georgian Star makes vividly clear, he accomplished much more. After a successful career as a professional musician, he turned his attention to astronomy in his mid-thirties. With his sister Caroline as a partner, he pioneered techniques that are still used by astronomers today. The Herschels were the first to map the night sky, listing and categorizing every object they could see. To do so, they built a massive, forty-foot-tall telescope under the patronage of King George III. They were also the first to propose that the visible stars surrounding our little planet are only a fraction of those that make up a continually evolving universe. William's restless intelligence led further still, to the discovery of infrared radiation - invisible radiation that has a wavelength longer than microwaves but shorter than that of visible light. Caroline assembled an exhaustive catalog of nebulae, the beautiful, cloudy assemblages of dust and stellar light." "Erudite and accessible, The Georgian Star is a lively portrait of the pair who invented modern astronomy."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Mrs. John Herschel
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Published: 1876
Total Pages: 386
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Constance A. Lubbock
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-10-31
Total Pages: 419
ISBN-13: 1107650011
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published in 1933, this book was written with the aim of presenting the life stories of William and Caroline Herschel in the setting of their family circle and the broader historical context. The text is composed, as far as possible, from their own words, using extracts from William Herschel's brief autobiographical notes and from Caroline's very full journals, as well as from letters. A variety of illustrative figures and an appendix section are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the Herschels, astronomy and music.
Author: Mary Cornwallis Herschel
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Published: 1879
Total Pages: 416
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Emily Arnold McCully
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2020-07-28
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 082344676X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith courage and confidence, Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) becomes the first woman professional scientist and one of the greatest astronomers who ever lived. Born the youngest daughter of a poor family in Hanover, Germany, Caroline was scarred from smallpox, stunted from typhus, and used by her parents as a scullery maid. But when her favorite brother, William, left for England, he took her with him. The siblings shared a passion for stars, and together they built the greatest telescope of their age, working tirelessly on star charts. Using their telescope, Caroline discovered fourteen nebulae and two galaxies, was the first woman to discover a comet, and became the first woman officially employed as a scientist--by no less than the King of England. The information from the Herschels' star catalogs is still used by space agencies today. The book includes excerpts from Caroline Herschel's autobiography. A 2018 NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12.
