The comet sweeper : Caroline's Herschel's astronomical ambition /Claire Brock.

A biography of astronomer Caroline Herschel, the first woman professional scientist in England. Based largely on her own diaries and correspondence, the book details Herschel's early life in Hanover, her years assisting her brother, William, in his role as royal astronomer to King George III, and her numerous discoveries of nebulae and comets in her own right, along with other contributions to the discipline of astronomy.