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Nicolas-Louis De La Caille, Astronomer and Geodesist Glass, Ian Stewart (Astronomer, South African Astronomical Observatory and Adjunct Professor, James Cook University)
Nicolas-Louis De La Caille, Astronomer and Geodesist
Glass, Ian Stewart (Astronomer, South African Astronomical Observatory and Adjunct Professor, James Cook University)
This is the first comprehensive biography of one of the greatest and most careful observational astronomers of all time. He mapped the southern sky and named many of the constellations. In addition, he contributed to geodesy, navigation, and celestial mechanics.
200 pages, 48 b/w illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 13, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199668403 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 202 |
| Dimensions | 240 × 170 × 15 mm · 498 g |
| Language | English |