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9 de mai. de 2024 · Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet (born March 7, 1792, Slough, Buckinghamshire, England—died May 11, 1871, Collingwood, Kent) was an English astronomer and successor to his father, Sir William Herschel, in the field of stellar and nebular observation and discovery.
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Há 1 dia · Sir John Herschel contributed to the fields of mathematics, physics, photography and chemistry, the philosophy of science, and most notably astronomy. His father William Herschel (1738-1822) and his aunt Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) were astronomers themselves, with William discovering the seventh planet Uranus.
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8 de mai. de 2024 · Summary. Despite John Herschel’s extensive work in the fields of chemistry, optics, geology, mineralogy, and the philosophy of science, it was primarily as an astronomer that he was recognized during his lifetime and remembered after his death.
23 de mai. de 2024 · Pence, Charles H. (2024) John Herschel’s Methodology in the Scientific Community. [Preprint] Abstract. The Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy, which Herschel published in Dionysius Lardner’s Cabinet Cyclopaedia series in 1830, can be a difficult book to interpret.
10 de mai. de 2024 · Sir John Herschel (1792-1871), son of the astronomer William Herschel and nephew to Caroline Herschel, was the most influential natural philosopher of the Victorian period. His long career encompassed astronomy, mathematics, physics, geology, chemistry, as well as art, literature, politics, and the invention of photography.
Há 4 dias · The NGC expanded and consolidated the cataloguing work of William and Caroline Herschel, and John Herschel's General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars. Objects south of the celestial equator are catalogued somewhat less thoroughly, but many were included based on observation by John Herschel or James Dunlop .
