Description
Indispensable reference on the historical development of spectrographs for advanced amateur and professional astronomers, graduate students, and historians of science.
About the Author
John Hearnshaw is Professor of Astronomy in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He has won the Mechaelis Prize for astronomy, and has twice been awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship. He chairs the International Astronomical Union Program Group for the World-wide Development of Astronomy.
Reviews
'Astronomical Spectrographs [and their History] is a concise and comprehensive synthesis of the development of the designs and uses of astronomical spectrographs and provides a most valuable resource for any study in this field. It is to be hoped that the work will encourage as much fruitful work in the history of astronomy and astrophysics as did Hearnshaw's earlier books.' Journal of the History of Astronomy
'... a remarkable achievement and a useful volume...' Contemporary Physics
Book Information
ISBN 9780521882576
Author John Hearnshaw
Format Hardback
Page Count 240
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 680g
Dimensions(mm) 253mm * 15mm * 193mm