The Astronomer Jules Janssen A Globetrotter of Celestial Physics /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Launay, Françoise (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Σειρά: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 380
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Dedication
• Foreword
• Childhood and education
• Spectral analysis and telluric lines
• Janssen and the solar flames: the key eclipse of 1868
• The eclipse of 1870, balloons and patriotic missions
• Janssen and the Sun in majesty: the eclipse of 1871
• Janssen and cinema: the transit of Venus of 1874 and the revolver photographique
• The foundation of the "Paris Observatory for Physical Astronomy"... located in the Meudon estate
• Janssen, the photographic technician
• From Caroline Island to Washington
• Janssen and Edison’s phonograph
• The saga of the observatory on the summit of Mont Blanc
• Literary salons and educational problems
• Janssen and communication
• Epilogue
• Chronology
• Bibliography
• Index.