The scientific legacy of William Herschel

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-32826-3MaRDI QIDQ1682246zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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Publication date 29 November 2017

Published in Historical \& Cultural Astronomy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32826-3

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Physics (00A79) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) History of astronomy and astrophysics (85-03) General questions in astronomy and astrophysics (85A04)

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