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The Stargazer's Sister

2016-12-13 Fiction
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Release : 2016-12-13
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 137/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Stargazer's Sister by : Carrie Brown

Download or read book The Stargazer's Sister written by Carrie Brown. This book was released on 2016-12-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caroline, known as “Lina” to her family, has always lived in the shadow of her older brother William Herschel’s accomplishments. And yet when William invites Lina to join him in England to assist in his musical and astronomical pursuits—not to mention to run his bachelor household—she accepts, finding a new sense of purpose. William may be an obsessive genius, but Lina adores him, and aids him with the same fervency as a beloved wife. When William decides to marry, however, Lina’s world collapses. As she attempts to rebuild a future, we witness the dawning of an early feminist consciousness—a woman struggling to find her own place among the stars.

The Georgian Star

2009 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2009
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 749/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Georgian Star by : Michael D. Lemonick

Download or read book The Georgian Star written by Michael D. Lemonick. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1781, William Herschel won international fame for discovering Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. In documenting a new planet - something no one had done since the dawn of civilization - he expanded our perception that we are part of something much greater than the immediately visible solar system." "Herschel remains most famous for this discovery, but, as The Georgian Star makes vividly clear, he accomplished much more. After a successful career as a professional musician, he turned his attention to astronomy in his mid-thirties. With his sister Caroline as a partner, he pioneered techniques that are still used by astronomers today. The Herschels were the first to map the night sky, listing and categorizing every object they could see. To do so, they built a massive, forty-foot-tall telescope under the patronage of King George III. They were also the first to propose that the visible stars surrounding our little planet are only a fraction of those that make up a continually evolving universe. William's restless intelligence led further still, to the discovery of infrared radiation - invisible radiation that has a wavelength longer than microwaves but shorter than that of visible light. Caroline assembled an exhaustive catalog of nebulae, the beautiful, cloudy assemblages of dust and stellar light." "Erudite and accessible, The Georgian Star is a lively portrait of the pair who invented modern astronomy."--BOOK JACKET.

The Blind Astronomer's Daughter

2016-10-11 Fiction
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Release : 2016-10-11
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 887/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Blind Astronomer's Daughter by : John Pipkin

Download or read book The Blind Astronomer's Daughter written by John Pipkin. This book was released on 2016-10-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A transporting historical novel from the acclaimed author of Woodsburner. In late-eighteenth-century Ireland, Caroline Ainsworth learns that her life is not what it seems when her father, Arthur, an astronomer gone blind from staring at the sun, throws himself from his rooftop observatory. His vain search for an unknown planet and jealousy over astronomer William Herschel's discovery of Uranus had driven him to madness. Grief-stricken, Caroline leaves Ireland for London. But her father has left behind a cryptic atlas that holds the secret to finding a new world at the edge of the sky. As Caroline reluctantly resumes her father's work, she must confront her own longings, including her love for her father's former assistant, the tinkering blacksmith Finnegan O'Siodha. Then Ireland is swept into rebellion, and Catherine and Finnegan are plunged into its violence. A novel about the obsessions of the age--scientific inquiry, geographic discovery, political reformation, but above all, astronomy--The Blind Astronomer's Daughter encapsulates the quest for knowledge and for human connection. It is rich, far-reaching, and unforgettable.

The Stargazer's Guide

2009-10-21 Science
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Release : 2009-10-21
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 377/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Stargazer's Guide by : Emily Winterburn

Download or read book The Stargazer's Guide written by Emily Winterburn. This book was released on 2009-10-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Stargazer’s Guide is an accessible astronomy guide to the history, science, and myth of the night sky, perfect for anyone entranced by the stars. Guiding readers through what there is to see in the sky, why it’s interesting, and how previous generations viewed and interpreted it, expert stargazer Emily Winterburn entertains and informs with this fun, accessible, and appealing look at the beauty of the heavens.

The Rope Walk

2007 AIDS (Disease)
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Release : 2007
Genre : AIDS (Disease)
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Book Rating : 636/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Rope Walk by : Carrie Brown

Download or read book The Rope Walk written by Carrie Brown. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Rope Walk, Carrie Brown crafts a luminous story of a young girl's coming of age during a crucial summer in New England. On her tenth birthday Alice meets two visitors to her quiet town: Theo, the African American grandson of her father's best friend, and Kenneth, an artist who has come home to convalesce. Theo forms an instant bond with Alice that will indelibly change them both. The pair in turn befriend Kenneth, and decide to build a ¿rope walk¿ through the woods for him, allowing to make his way through the outdoor world he has always loved. But their good intentions lead to surprising consequences, and Alice soon learns how different the world of children and adults really are.

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