The Astronomer Jules Janssen A Globetrotter of Celestial Physics /

• Main Author: Launay, Françoise (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 380
• Subjects: Physics.; Cultural heritage.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Cultural Heritage.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

Every aspect of the personality of Janssen (1824—1907) – that D’Artagnan of science, this bard of the Sun, and this audacious master builder – is covered here by Françoise Launay, his attentive and equally erudite biographer. A physicist, inventor and builder, Janssen was guided by his energy and cu...