Agnes Mary Clerke and the Rise of Astrophysics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521808446)

Born in Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century, Agnes Mary Clerke achieved fame as the author of A History of Astronomy during the nineteenth century. Through her quarter-century career, she became the leading commentator on astronomy and astrophysics in the English-speaking world. This biography describes not only the life and work of this extraordinary woman, but also chronicles the development of astronomy in the last decades of pre-Einstein science. Along the way, it introduces many of the great figures in astronomy of that age, including Huggins, Lockyer, Holden, and Pickering.

Author: M. T. Brück
ISBN-10: 0521808448
ISBN-13: 9780521808446
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/20/2002
Pages: 286
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.40w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2002 pg. 652