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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
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251 pp., hardcover, very good in a worn dust jacket. -If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
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Keith Godard. Good in Good jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Front Endpapers, Rear Fixed Endpaper Pulled From Removal of Jacket Cover, Pocket; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Previous Owner Markings (Price Clipped); Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Spine Pulled From Removal of Sticker; Slight Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: Genius in Eclipse. CONTENTS: Preface; CHAPTER 1 Early Years CHAPTER 2 The Astronomical Background CHAPTER 3 Oxford and St. Helena CHAPTER 4 The Visit to Hevelius CHAPTER 5 The Grand Tour, Marriage, and Domestic Crises CHAPTER 6 The Royal Society and the Principia CHAPTER 7 Science and Sea-Diving CHAPTER 8 The Distance of the Sun CHAPTER 9 Flamsteed and Halley CHAPTER 10 Comets and Other Subjects CHAPTER 11 The Mint and Visit of the Czar CHAPTER 12 Voyages CHAPTER 13 Recognition CHAPTER 14 Astronomer Royal CHAPTER 15 Halley--An Assessment; Text References; Bibliographical Sources; Appendix I Chronological Resume of Halley's Life; Appendix II Appearances of Halley's Comet; Appendix III Sources of Original Material and Other Information; Appendix IV Biographical Publications; Index. SYNOPSIS: The seventeenth century saw the beginning of the new scientific era. Free from the shackles of constant reference to the opinion of ancient philosophers, mankind in the western world was able to cast his net wide and sample the catch as the spirit moved him. The scientific approach of today was born. Such new-found freedom was bound to have other effects besides increasing man's knowledge an insight into the universe around him. It produced a number of noble minds to respond to the new challenges, minds to which we are indebted even today. Of these, one of the greatest was certainly that of Edmond Halley. -and-Edmond Halley is now remembered primarily for the comet that was named after him. In his own day he was famous not for this (there was no mention of the comet in the obituary notices which followed his death in 1742), but for his influence on his contemporaries, his scientific work, his crucial role in the publication of Newton's Principia, and his classical scholarship. The time in which Halley lived was the beginning of the new scientific age, and his contributions to it were varied and great. As a young man he took a naval ship across the Atlantic in order to make magnetic charts. He traveled widely in Europe and for a time was a Special Ambassador for the Queen. He formed a public company for salvaging wrecks; invented a diving helmet and carried out diving operations; wrote treatises on the trade winds; and was the first man to prepare tables of life expectancies. In addition he carried out duties for the Royal Society and corresponded with many eminent scientific men of the day. At the age of 66 he was appointed Astronomer Royal and boldly set about planning a 19 year series of observations of the moon--typical of him, he carried out the whole program. Halley was a wit, an excellent correspondent, and a man who liked to live well and enjoy his friendships. This exceptionally through and entertaining biography displays the many interests of an extraordinary man of his times. Colin A. Ronan was born in Chiswick, London, England in 1920. While working towards his M. Sc. at the University of London, he was a senior staff member of the Royal Society of London and had access to a wealth of unpublished material on Halley. Now a freelance author, broadcaster and consultant, Mr. Ronan is also a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and Editor of the Journal of the British Astronomical Association.
