Lewis Swift

Celebrated Comet Hunter and the People's Astronomer

Autor: Gary Kronk

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This biography covers the life of Lewis Swift (1820-1913), who discovered 13 comets (including one t...

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Autor

Gary Kronk

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engleză

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Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2017

Pagini

428

EAN

9783319637204

ISBN

3319637207

Enbook ID

16499403

Editura

Springer International Publishing AG

Greutate

7863

Dimensiuni

155 x 235 x 29

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This biography covers the life of Lewis Swift (1820-1913), who discovered 13 comets (including one that now bears his name) and nearly 1,200 other deep sky objects. His enthusiasm and success as an amateur astronomer helped make him famous in the United States. With the help of others, Swift was able to buy a 16-inch refractor, the third largest telescope in the United States at the time. Hulbert Harrington Warner built "Warner Observatory" to house this telescope. As a prolific writer and lecturer, Swift's stories appeared in newspapers and magazines, while his lectures showed that he was able to explain anything in a way that everyone could understand. When Warner went broke during the "Panic of 1893," Swift was forced to leave his home. Almost two dozen invitations arrived from around the United States asking him to bring his telescope to their city, and he eventually accepted the invitation of Californian Thaddeus Sobieski Constantin Lowe. This book highlights Swift's valuable contributions to astronomy before failing eyesight forced him to give up this profession. In addition to detailing Swift's life, biographical material is also provided for a number of individuals who were influenced by Swift. This includes his son, Edward, who was discovering deep sky objects as a teenager.

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