Nicolas-Louis De La Caille, astronomer and geodesist / I.S. Glass.

  • Glass, I. S. (Ian S.)
Date:
2013
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About this work

Description

This is a comprehensive biography of one of the greatest and most careful observational astronomers of all time. Nicolas-Louis De La Caille mapped the southern sky and named many of the constellations. In addition, he contributed to geodesy, navigation, and celestial mechanics.

Publication/Creation

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Physical description

194 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm

Contributors

Edition

First edition.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Early life -- The Cape -- The shape of the earth -- Notes about the Cape -- Later years -- Paradox resolved.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    BZP (La Caille)
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780199668403
  • 019966840X