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Institute of Technology
Decoding the Stars
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
BRILL,
2019.
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| Series: | Jesuit studies.
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Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Intro; Decoding the Stars: A Biography of Angelo Secchi, Jesuit and Scientist; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction A Century in Ferment; 1 Secchi's Early Life and Education: From Childhood to the Priesthood; 2 The Experience of Exile: A Tragic Opportunity; 3 Establishing the New Collegio Romano Observatory: An Observatory for ""Physical Astronomy; 4 Advisor to the Papal States: Science in the Service of the Public; 5 A Rising International Career: Travels, Achievements, and Recognition
- 6 Contributions to Astrophysics and other Sciences7 A Crucial Political Change: New Risks and Missed Opportunities; 8 A Society for a New Astronomy: Building a Network for Spectroscopic Research; 9 A Controversial Personality: Secchi and the Scientific Debates of His Time; 10 Secchi's Final Years: Uncertainty and Illness; Conclusion: Secchi's Scientific Legacy; Bibliography; Index