Title Making stars physical : the astronomy of Sir John Herschel / Stephen Case.

Publication Info.	Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]
	©2018

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Description	1 online resource (viii, 319 pages) : illustrations
Note	Based on the author's thesis (doctoral - University of Notre Dame, 2014) issued under title: Making stars physical : John Herschel's stellar astronomy, 1816-71.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note	Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 5, 2018).
Contents	Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Herschel's Stars; 1. A Celestial Inheritance; 2. Ledgers Full of Stars; 3. Double Stars; 4. Variable Stars; 5. Nebulae; 6. Light; 7. A New Sublime Astronomy; Conclusion: Copernicus of the Sidereal Heavens; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary	The astronomical career of Britain's John Herschel (1792-1871), son of William Herschel.
Subject	Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871.
	Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871. (OCoLC)fst01800986
	Astronomers -- 19th century -- Biography.
	Astronomy -- History -- 19th century.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
	SCIENCE -- History.
	SCIENCE -- General.
	Astronomers. (OCoLC)fst00819629
	Astronomy. (OCoLC)fst00819673
	Astronomie.
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Hochschulschrift.
	Biographies.
Other Form:	Print version: Case, Stephen (Stephen Reid). Making Stars Physical. Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018] (DLC) 2018048779
ISBN	9780822986119 (electronic book)
	0822986116 (electronic book)

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