Observers of the Aurora Borealis in Europe : journey into the learned world of the Enlightenment / Eric Chassefïre.

Author
Chassefïre, Eric [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • London, UK : ISTE, Ltd. ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2023.
  • ©2023
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Series
Environmental sciences series [More in this series]
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. Available via World Wide Web.
Source of description
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 11, 2023).
Contents
  • Front Matter
  • The Aurora Borealis Issue of the Affirmation of the Cartesian Mechanism and the Dispute Between Paris and Montpellier
  • Joseph-Nicolas Delisle
  • The Creation Ex-nihilo and the Beginnings of the Imperial Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Anders Celsius and the European Observation Networks, Setting Up a Science Society and an Astronomical Observatory in Uppsala
  • Genesis of the Academies of Bologna and Berlin, the Involvement of Women in Astronomy and the Gender Issue
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: About the Polar Lights, by Friedrich Christoph Mayer.
ISBN
  • 9781394226276 (electronic book)
  • 1394226276 (electronic book)
  • 9781394226252 (electronic book)
  • 139422625X (electronic book)
OCLC
1391111563
Doi
  • 10.1002/9781394226276
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