Making Stars Physical - Case, Stephen
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Offers the first extensive look at the astronomical career of John Herschel, son of William Herschel and one of the leading scientific figures in Britain throughout much of the nineteenth century. Stephen Case argues that John Herschel was pivotal in establishing the sidereal revolution his father had begun: a shift of attention from the planetary system to the study of nebulous regions in the heavens.

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Offers the first extensive look at the astronomical career of John Herschel, son of William Herschel and one of the leading scientific figures in Britain throughout much of the nineteenth century. Stephen Case argues that John Herschel was pivotal in establishing the sidereal revolution his father had begun: a shift of attention from the planetary system to the study of nebulous regions in the heavens.
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Stephen Case is a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Geosciences at Olivet Nazarene University, where he is also director of the University Honors Program. He is the author of Making Stars Physical: The Astronomy of Sir John Herschel and coeditor of the Cambridge Companion to John Herschel .