{"product_id":"decoding-the-stars-ileana-chinnici-9789004387294","title":"Decoding the Stars: A Biography of Angelo Secchi, Jesuit and Scientist","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2021 Donald E. Osterbrock Book Prize for Historical Astronomy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eDecoding the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, Ileana Chinnici offers an account of the life of the Jesuit scientist Angelo Secchi (1818-1878). In addition to providing an invaluable account of Secchi's life and work--something that has been sorely lacking in the English-language scholarship--this biography will be especially stimulating for those interested in the evolution of astrophysics as a discipline from the nineteenth century onward. Despite his eclecticism, reminiscent of the natural philosophers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Secchi was in many ways a very modern scientist: open to innovation and cooperation, and a promoter of popularization and citizen science. Secchi also appears fully inserted in the cultural context of his time: he participated in philosophical and scientific debates, spread new theories and ideas, but also suffered the consequences of political events that marked those years and impacted on his life and activities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ileana Chinnici\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004387293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004387294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.10d","brand":"Ileana Chinnici","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43941300240639,"sku":"9789004387294","price":184.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_048d7d7e-1956-4cad-9bb8-6e25d50e185f.jpg?v=1681452111","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/decoding-the-stars-ileana-chinnici-9789004387294","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}