Scheduling the heavens : the story of Edmond Halley / Mary Virginia Fox.
by Fox, Mary Virginia.
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BookSeries: Profiles in science (Greensboro, N.C.): Publisher: Greensboro, N.C. : Morgan Reynolds Pub., c2007Edition: 1st ed.Description: 128 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1599350211.Subject(s): Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742 | Astronomers -- Biography | Astronomy -- HistoryDDC classification: 520/.92 | B Online resources: Table of contents only
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Summary: Presents a brief biography of late seventeenth and early eighteenth-century English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist Edmond Halley that profiles his life, interest in astronomy, and works which included calculating the orbit of Halley's Comet.
Ambition and genius -- Night sky -- Friends and enemies -- The Royal Society -- Newton and beyond -- Captain Halley -- Halley's comet -- Royal astronomer.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-123) and index.
Ambition and genius -- Night sky -- Friends and enemies -- The Royal Society -- Newton and beyond -- Captain Halley -- Halley's comet -- Royal astronomer.
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Presents a brief biography of late seventeenth and early eighteenth-century English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist Edmond Halley that profiles his life, interest in astronomy, and works which included calculating the orbit of Halley's Comet.
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