Author: SIDGWICK, J. B.
Title: William Herschel: Explorer of the Heavens.
Description: First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 228; portrait frontispiece, illustrated with three full page b/w. plates, bibliography, index, bound in original maroon cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket chipped and damaged on edges, good copy. London; Faber and Faber Limited; 1953. Herschel earned a world-wide reputation as one of the most far-seeing astronomers of his day. The discoverer of Uranus, the personal astronomer to George III, he was also the pioneer in a dozen different fields of observation.
Keywords: astronomy science biography history
Title: William Herschel: Explorer of the Heavens.
Description: First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 228; portrait frontispiece, illustrated with three full page b/w. plates, bibliography, index, bound in original maroon cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket chipped and damaged on edges, good copy. London; Faber and Faber Limited; 1953. Herschel earned a world-wide reputation as one of the most far-seeing astronomers of his day. The discoverer of Uranus, the personal astronomer to George III, he was also the pioneer in a dozen different fields of observation.
Keywords: astronomy science biography history
Price: AUD 50.00 = appr. US$ 34.59 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 116913
- Book number: 116913