The quiet revolution of Caroline Herschel : the lost heroine of astronomy /Emily Winterburn.

"Caroline Herschel was a prolific writer and recorder of her private and academic life, through diaries, autobiographies for family members, notebooks and observation notes. Yet for reasons unknown she destroyed all of her notebooks and diaries from 1788-1797. As a result, we have almost no record of the decade in which she made her most influential mark on science when she discovered eight comets and became the first woman to have a paper read at the Royal Society. ... By piecing together - from letters, reminiscences and museum objects - a detailed account of the time, we get to see a new side to history's 'most admirable lady astronomer' and one of the greatest pioneering female scientists of all time."--Provided by the publisher.

Record Details

Publisher: The History Press,
Pub Date: 2017.
Pages: 288 pages:

Holdings

Order
Call Number
92HERSCHEL
Copy
1
Item ID
PBH8444
Material
BOOK
Location
Caird Library - on open access - no need to request