- EAN13
- 9782366595376
- Éditeur
- Literature and Knowledge Publishing
- Date de publication
- 21/11/2017
- Langue
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
- S'identifier
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Story of a Woman Astronomer
Eliza Ann Youmans
Literature and Knowledge Publishing
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Caroline Lucretia Herschel was the first woman who received full recognition
as astronomer by discovering several comets. She was also the first woman to
be awarded a Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, and to be named an
Honorary Member of the Royal Astronomical Society.
“Most people in this country have heard of Miss Caroline Herschel the
astronomer. Without knowing much about her, she has been vaguely regarded by
the public as a profound scientific genius, the strong-minded peer and
coadjutor of her brother, the illustrious Sir William Herschel. It is supposed
that she rose above the narrow sphere of woman's usual domestic life, and
spent her time in studying the universe and making astronomical discoveries.
She has been often cited, in the recent discussions of the woman question, as
an illustration of the intellectual equality of the sexes and as demonstrating
to the world what woman is capable of doing in science when she gets a fair
opportunity...
The lesson of this book is very important to ambitious girls who despise
domestic concerns, and long for an "intellectual" career. Her science, as
such, gave Miss Herschel no great enjoyment; her happiness came from her
womanly devotion to her brother's ambitious work; and the book will be found
painfully interesting as it discloses the suffering she also experienced as
the penalty of this unselfish devotion.”
*[XIXe]: 19e siècle
as astronomer by discovering several comets. She was also the first woman to
be awarded a Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, and to be named an
Honorary Member of the Royal Astronomical Society.
“Most people in this country have heard of Miss Caroline Herschel the
astronomer. Without knowing much about her, she has been vaguely regarded by
the public as a profound scientific genius, the strong-minded peer and
coadjutor of her brother, the illustrious Sir William Herschel. It is supposed
that she rose above the narrow sphere of woman's usual domestic life, and
spent her time in studying the universe and making astronomical discoveries.
She has been often cited, in the recent discussions of the woman question, as
an illustration of the intellectual equality of the sexes and as demonstrating
to the world what woman is capable of doing in science when she gets a fair
opportunity...
The lesson of this book is very important to ambitious girls who despise
domestic concerns, and long for an "intellectual" career. Her science, as
such, gave Miss Herschel no great enjoyment; her happiness came from her
womanly devotion to her brother's ambitious work; and the book will be found
painfully interesting as it discloses the suffering she also experienced as
the penalty of this unselfish devotion.”
*[XIXe]: 19e siècle
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