Kew Observatory and the Evolution of Victorian Science, 1840-1910

ISBN-13: 9780822945260 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 336 str.

Lee T. MacDonald

Opis

Explores the extraordinary story of this important scientific institution as it rose to prominence during the Victorian era. This book offers fresh new insights into key historical issues in nineteenth-century science: the patronage of science; relations between science and government; the evolution of the observatory sciences; and the origins and early years of the National Physical Laboratory.