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Books with title Astronomers

  • Great Astronomers

    Robert S. Ball

    Paperback (Dodo Press, March 28, 2006)
    Includes detailed discussion on all of the great astronomers, including Ptolemy, Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Flamsteed and Herschel. By the mathematician, Irish astronomer to Lord Rosse in 1865, Irish Astronomer-Royal in 1874 and writer of popular science books.
  • Great astronomers

    Robert Stawell Ball

    Hardcover (Isbister, July 6, 1895)
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  • Astronomy

    Milliken Publishing

    Paperback (Milliken Publishing, Sept. 1, 2007)
    Discover how our view of the universe changed from Ancient Times through 1950 with this colorfully illustrated timeline. The reverse side includes reproducible activity cards for extending classroom activities. Each card comes perforated through the center so that it can be pulled apart to create an extra long (68) continuous timeline for your classroom wall or bulletin board.
  • Astronomers at Work

    Laura Loria

    Library Binding (Britannica Educational Pub, Aug. 15, 2017)
    Introduces what astronomers do, the various branches of the field, and the schooling needed to become an astronomer.
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  • Astronomy

    Liz Kruesi

    Library Binding (Essential Library, Dec. 15, 2015)
    Thrilling new discoveries in science and technology are announced almost daily. Cutting-Edge Science and Technology keeps readers at the forefront of new research. Astronomycovers the hottest topics in deep space, including exoplanets, black holes, and dark matter, as well as the amazing telescope technology that makes this work possible. High-impact photos and explanatory graphics and charts bring scientific concepts to life. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
  • Great Astronomers

    Robert S. Ball

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Feb. 27, 2016)
    Sir Robert Stawell Ball was an Irish astronomer who founded the screw theory. In 1908 he published A Treatise on Spherical Astronomy, which is a textbook on astronomy starting from spherical trigonometry and the celestial sphere, considering atmospheric refraction and aberration of light, and introducing basic use of a generalised instrument. Ball became celebrated for his popular lectures on science. He gave an estimated 2500 lectures between 1875 and 1910 in towns and cities across Britain and Ireland.
  • Astronomy

    Kristen Lippincott

    Hardcover (DK CHILDREN, Sept. 15, 1999)
    Looks at the history of astronomy, identifies important astronomers, and summarizes what is known about the sun, moon, planets, and stars
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  • Great Astronomers

    R. S. Ball, 1st World Library, 1stworld Library

    Paperback (1st World Library - Literary Society, Oct. 15, 2005)
    Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - It has been my object in these pages to present the life of each astronomer in such detail as to enable the reader to realise in some degree the man's character and surroundings; and I have endeavoured to indicate as clearly as circumstances would permit the main features of the discoveries by which he has become known. There are many types of astronomers - from the stargazer who merely watches the heavens, to the abstract mathematician who merely works at his desk; it has, consequently, been necessary in the case of some lives to adopt a very different treatment from that which seemed suitable for others.
  • Astronomy

    Kristen Lippincott

    Hardcover (DK Children, Aug. 2, 2004)
    Looks at the history of astronomy, identifies important astronomers, and summarizes what is known about the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars.
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  • Astronomy

    Jacqueline Mitton, Simon; Mitton

    Hardcover (Oxford University Press, March 15, 1994)
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  • Great Astronomers

    Sir Robert S Ball

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Oct. 19, 2013)
    Great Astronomers From Ptolemy to Adams By Sir Robert S Ball It has been my object in these pages to present the life of each astronomer in such detail as to enable the reader to realise in some degree the man's character and surroundings; and I have endeavoured to indicate as clearly as circumstances would permit the main features of the discoveries by which he has become known. There are many types of astronomers—from the stargazer who merely watches the heavens, to the abstract mathematician who merely works at his desk; it has, consequently, been necessary in the case of some lives to adopt a very different treatment from that which seemed suitable for others. While the work was in progress, some of the sketches appeared in "Good Words." The chapter on Brinkley has been chiefly derived from an article on the "History of Dunsink Observatory," which was published on the occasion of the tercentenary celebration of the University of Dublin in 1892, and the life of Sir William Rowan Hamilton is taken, with a few alterations and omissions, from an article contributed to the "Quarterly Review" on Graves' life of the great mathematician. The remaining chapters now appear for the first time. For many of the facts contained in the sketch of the late Professor Adams, I am indebted to the obituary notice written by my friend Dr. J. W. L. Glaisher, for the Royal Astronomical Society; while with regard to the late Sir George Airy, I have a similar acknowledgment to make to Professor H. H. Turner. To my friend Dr. Arthur A. Rambaut I owe my hearty thanks for his kindness in aiding me in the revision of the work.
  • Great Astronomers

    Robert Stawell Ball Sir

    Hardcover (Palala Press, Aug. 31, 2015)
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