{"product_id":"the-immortal-fire-within-the-life-and-work-of-edward-emerson-barnard-paperback-9780521046015","title":"The Immortal Fire Within; The Life and Work of Edward Emerson Barnard (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521046015","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Immortal Fire Within\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Life and Work of Edward Emerson Barnard\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA full-length biography of Barnard, one of the leading astronomers of the late nineteenth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Sheehan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521046015, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 November 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e444 pages, 64 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e24.1 x 17.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.719 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e' … a brilliant and a highly readable account of the great man.  I found it read almost like a popular novel … amateurs of all persuasions will find the passages from his observing notebooks irresistible … a great book for a great man … it will prove invaluable to historians of astronomy.' Astronomy Now\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis full-length biography of Edward Emerson Barnard, tells the remarkable tale of endurance and achievement of one of the leading astronomers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. As a 'man who was never known to sleep', Barnard scoured the heavens endlessly, leaving an astonishing legacy of observations – of planets, satellites, comets, double stars, bright and dark nebulae and globular clusters – that make him one of the greatest observers of all time. This book traces Barnard's life from poverty to international recognition. We are told how he grew up fatherless and in hardship during the American Civil War; that he later acquired a small telescope and discovered so many comets that, despite his lack of formal education, he won a position at the Lick Observatory, California. His success as a professional astronomer then unfolds, and we are told, in particular, how he discovered the fifth satellite of Jupiter and pioneered wide-angle photography of comets and the Milky Way.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Key to abbreviations in notes\u003cbr\u003e 1. Through rugged ways\u003cbr\u003e 2. Ardent and faithful work with a telescope\u003cbr\u003e 3. Mars\u003cbr\u003e his moons and his heavens\u003cbr\u003e 4. A seeker of comets\u003cbr\u003e 5. Vanderbilt astronomer\u003cbr\u003e 6. In the realm of the nebulae\u003cbr\u003e 7. Go west, young man!\u003cbr\u003e 8. Hanging fire\u003cbr\u003e 9. On Mt. Hamilton\u003cbr\u003e 10. A year of wonders\u003cbr\u003e 11. The young rebel\u003cbr\u003e 12. 'I am tired here'\u003cbr\u003e 13. Immortality\u003cbr\u003e 14. Travels and travails\u003cbr\u003e 15. Barnard and Mars\u003cbr\u003e 16. Nature's true artisan\u003cbr\u003e 17. A tide in his affairs\u003cbr\u003e 18. Yerkes observatory\u003cbr\u003e 19. Disappointments and triumphs\u003cbr\u003e 20. The comet and Milky Way photographs\u003cbr\u003e 21. Comet tales\u003cbr\u003e 22. Observer of all that shines - or obscures\u003cbr\u003e 23. Eclipse and decline\u003cbr\u003e 24. Ad astra\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004691599640,"sku":"9780521046015","price":25.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521046015i_a2858855-557d-4aef-9a86-58bf542fb4d6.jpg?v=1694968653","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-immortal-fire-within-the-life-and-work-of-edward-emerson-barnard-paperback-9780521046015","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}