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| astronomer's wife characters: Resolute and Undertaking Characters: The Lives of Wilhelm and Otto Struve A.H. Batten, 2012-12-06 My interest in the history of the Struve family is long-standing but lay dormant until 1972, when I found myself organizing a symposium of the International Astronomical Union in memory of the second Otto Struve. To satisfy my own curiosity, I investigated the precise relationships of the famous astronomers in the family and published an account of them, based mainly on secondary sources. The exercise made me a ware that there was no biography in English of the first and probably still the greatest astronomer in the clan - Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve. Wilhelm's son, the first Otto, wrote an account (in German) of his father's life, intended primarily for family and close friends and --though printed-- not generally available. Through the kindness of a family member I have a copy from which I have been able to work. The Soviet historian of science, Z. K. Sokolovskaya, wrote a biography in Russian, in 1964, to mark the centenary of Wilhelm's death. This had a limited edition, and my efforts to obtain a copy failed. Neither work has, in its entirety, been translated into English, although Michael Meo of Oakland, California, and Kevin Krisciunas of Hilo, Hawaii, have kindly made available to me their unpublished translations of some sections of the latter. In the of a complete copy, however, when I decided to attempt an English absence language biography, I thought it best to do so independently of Sokolovskaya's. |
| astronomer's wife characters: An Astronomer's Wife: The Biography of Angeline Hall Angelo Hall, 2023-11-14 In 'An Astronomer's Wife: The Biography of Angeline Hall' by Angelo Hall, readers are taken on a captivating journey through the life of Angeline Hall, the wife of a prominent astronomer. The book is written in a narrative style that transports the reader back to the 19th century, providing a rich literary context that immerses the reader in the world of science and academia. Through meticulous research and attention to detail, Hall brings to life the challenges and triumphs of a woman navigating a male-dominated field. The book skillfully explores themes of ambition, sacrifice, and love in the pursuit of scientific discovery. Angelo Hall, a renowned historian and biographer, drew inspiration from his own family history to write 'An Astronomer's Wife'. His deep understanding of the era and his personal connection to the subject matter shine through in his vivid portrayal of Angeline Hall. Hall's dedication to preserving the legacy of women overlooked by history is evident in his meticulous attention to detail and thoughtful analysis. I highly recommend 'An Astronomer's Wife: The Biography of Angeline Hall' to readers interested in history, science, and the untold stories of remarkable women. Angelo Hall's insightful exploration of Angeline's life is both enlightening and engaging, making it a must-read for anyone fascinated by the intersection of science and society. |
| astronomer's wife characters: A Study Guide for Kay Boyle's "Astronomer's Wife" Gale, Cengage Learning, 2016-07-14 A Study Guide for Kay Boyle's Astronomer's Wife, excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs. |
| astronomer's wife characters: Fiction Robert DiYanni, 1999-09 Designed for Introduction to Fiction courses, this work features coverage of writing about fiction, with two student papers. |
| astronomer's wife characters: A History of the Character and Achievements of the So-called Christopher Columbus Aaron Goodrich, 1874 |
| astronomer's wife characters: Documents Concerning the Life and Character of Emanuel Swedenborg Rudolf Leonhard Tafel, 1875 |
| astronomer's wife characters: Cambridge Essays: The characteristics of English criminal law, by Fitzjames Stephen. Agriculture in Britain at the present day, by Andrew Steuart. Telegraphic communication with India, by Francis Gisborne. Porson, by H.R. Luard. Geology, by William Hopkins. The questions raised by the mutiny, by Charles Buxton , 1857 |
| astronomer's wife characters: London exhibited in 1854, elucidating its natural and physical characteristics, its antiquity and architecture; its arts, manufactures, trade, and organization ... With 205 illustrations ... including a newly-constructed map ... Edited and published by J. Weale John WEALE (Bookseller.), 1851 |
| astronomer's wife characters: Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, 1892 |
| astronomer's wife characters: Characteristics of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers in the United States , 1987 Present data on the demographic and employment characteristics of the Nation's doctoral scientists and engineers. Contains technical notes that describe methodology, etc., detailed tabulations, and questionnaire used. |
| astronomer's wife characters: Myths, Symbols and Legends of Solar System Bodies Rachel Alexander, 2014-11-04 This book is an amateur astronomer’s guide to the mythology and symbolism associated with the celestial bodies in the Solar System, and even includes some of the legendary tales of people who had or have a connection with these objects. It explores different cultures (for example, the Greco-Roman and the Norse) and different times and how stories were used to explain the worlds they saw above them. You’d be amazed how much of our world today reflects the myths and stories of these cultures! Most amateur astronomers are familiar with the various Solar System objects, but they will be only peripherally aware of what ancient cultures thought of these other worlds. In fact, the mythology of the planets challenges many twenty-first century concepts and beliefs There are other books available on astromythology, but this one focuses mostly on our own Solar System, as opposed to the constellations and deep sky objects. Alexander offers a new angle on timeless subjects and is exciting, informative and dramatic, as well as surprisingly relevant to everyday life. Find out for yourself how our modern world is steeped in the bygone worlds of yesteryear. |
| astronomer's wife characters: Pynchon Character Names Patrick Hurley, 2015-03-18 The dictionary lists each character from Pynchon's fiction up through his most recent novel, including the most likely etymology of each name. In addition, the thorough introduction examines Pynchon's character names as a part of his greater literary strategy, establishing a set of categories through which most of the names may be understood. |
| astronomer's wife characters: A Dictionary of Biography. Comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... Embellished with numerous portraits Richard Alfred DAVENPORT, 1831 |
| astronomer's wife characters: The Characteristics and the Life Cycle of Stars Larry Krumenaker, 2006 Presents a collection of essays that examines the characteristics and life cycles of stars, and analyzes how stars are formed, what goes on during the life of a star, and what happens when stars die. |
| astronomer's wife characters: Cosmos and Character in Paradise Lost M. Sarkar, 2012-06-08 This book offers a fresh contextual reading of Paradise Lost that suggests that a recovery of the vital intellectual ferment of the new science, magic, and alchemy of the seventeenth century reveals new and unexpected aspects of Milton's cosmos and chaos, and the characters of the angels and Adam and Eve. After examining the contextual references to cabalism, hermeticism, and science in the invocations and in the presentation of chaos and Night, the book focuses on the central stage of the epic action, Milton's unique cosmos, at once finite and infinite, with its re-orientation of compass points. While Milton relies on the new astronomy, optics and mechanics in configuring his cosmos, he draws upon alchemy to suggest that the imagined prelapsarian cosmos is the crucible within which vital re-orientations of authority could have taken place. |
| astronomer's wife characters: Sketches of Churches and Character ... Fourth Edition Rev. William JEFFERY, 1874 |
| astronomer's wife characters: Dante and the Early Astronomers Mary Acworth Orr, 1807 |
| astronomer's wife characters: Clash of Symbols Stephen Webb, 2018-01-09 From the ampersat and amerpsand, via smileys and runes to the ubiquitous presence of mathematical and other symbols in sciences and technology: both old and modern documents abound with many familiar as well as lesser known characters, symbols and other glyphs. Yet, who would be readily able to answer any question like: ‘who chose π to represent the ratio of a circle’s diameter to its circumference?’ or ‘what’s the reasoning behind having a ⌘ key on my computer keyboard?’ This book is precisely for those who have always asked themselves this sort of questions. So, here are the stories behind one hundred glyphs, the book being evenly divided into five parts, with each featuring 20 symbols. Part 1, called Character sketches, looks at some of the glyphs we use in writing. Part 2, called Signs of the times, discusses some glyphs used in politics, religion, and other areas of everyday life. Some of these symbols are common; others are used only rarely. Some are modern inventions; others, which seem contemporary, can be traced back many hundreds of years. Part 3, called Signs and wonders, explores some of the symbols people have developed for use in describing the heavens. These are some of the most visually striking glyphs in the book, and many of them date back to ancient times. Nevertheless their use — at least in professional arenas — is diminishing. Part 4, called It’s Greek to me, examines some symbols used in various branches of science. A number of these symbols are employed routinely by professional scientists and are also familiar to the general public; others are no longer applied in a serious fashion by anyone — but the reader might still meet them, from time to time, in older works. The final part of the book, Meaningless marks on paper, looks at some of the characters used in mathematics, the history of which one can easily appreciate with only a basic knowledge of mathematics. There are obviously countless others symbols. In recent years the computing industry has developed Unicode and it currently contains more than 135 000 entries. This book would like to encourage the curious reader to take a stroll through Unicode, to meet many characters that will delight the eye and, researching their history, to gain some fascinating insights. |
| astronomer's wife characters: Literature Robert DiYanni, 2001-07 This anthology offers a lively introduction to the study of fiction, poetry, and drama, and is appropriate for introduction to literature courses as well as literature-based composition courses. Known for its clear presentation of the formal elements of literary analysis, DiYanni's Literature effectively balances classical, modern, and contemporary works across the three major genres, blending well-known writers with a diverse gathering of newer, international figures. This literary breadth is supplemented by extensive coverage of writing about literature, making DiYanni an excellent resource for literature instructors who want a full-featured anthology. |
| astronomer's wife characters: Memoirs of a Trait in the Character of George III. of These United Kingdoms John Harrison, 1835 |
| astronomer's wife characters: Memoirs of a Trait in the Character of George III ... authenticated by official papers and private letters. With an appendix. [An account of the opposition encountered by John Harrison in connection with his invention of an improved chronometer.] Johan HORRINS (pseud. [i.e. John Harrison, Grandson of the Chronometer Maker?]), 1835 |
| astronomer's wife characters: Sketches of churches and character. The journey of John Wardle; or, The pilgrim's progress from a Devonshire valley to the temples of the metropolis John Wardle (fict.name.), 1854 |
| astronomer's wife characters: The Christian Astronomer; Or a Familiar Description & Religious Improvement of Subjects Connected with Astronomy. Also a Brief Survey of the Bible in Reference to that Science. Illustrated with Engravings Thomas DAWSON (Missionary.), 1827 |
| astronomer's wife characters: Code of Laws of the United States of General and Permanent Character in Force January 3, 1935 United States. Congress, 1935 |
| astronomer's wife characters: Character Samuel Smiles, 1876 |
| astronomer's wife characters: Astronomers Edward John Chalmers Morton, 1882 |
| astronomer's wife characters: A Universal Biographical Dictionary Containing the Lives of the Most Celebratd Characters of Every Age and Nation Charles N. Baldwin, 1820 |
| astronomer's wife characters: A Universal biographical dictionary, containing the lives of the most celebrated characters of every age and nation , 1825 |
| astronomer's wife characters: An Account of the Revd. John Flamsteed, the First Astronomer-Royal Francis Baily, John Flamsteed, 2011-11-03 Flamsteed's edited papers, published in 1835, over a century after his death, restored his reputation as a meticulous observational astronomer. |
| astronomer's wife characters: An Account of the Revd. John Flamsteed, the First Astronomer-royal Francis Baily, 1835 |
| astronomer's wife characters: Theophrastou Charaktēres. The Characters of Theophrastus, an Engl. tr. with intr. and notes by R.C. Jebb Theophrastus, 1870 |
| astronomer's wife characters: An account of John Flamsteed the first royal astronomer ... Francis Baily, 1835 |
| astronomer's wife characters: An Account of the Rev. John Flamsteed, the First Astronomer Royal, Compiled from His Own Manuscripts, and Other Authentic Documents, Never Before Published, to which is Added His British Catalogue of Stars, Corrected and Enlarged by Francis Baily John Flamsteed, 1835 |
| astronomer's wife characters: Character, etc Samuel Smiles, 1871 |
| astronomer's wife characters: The Blind Astronomer's Daughter John Pipkin, 2016-10-11 A transporting historical novel from the acclaimed author of Woodsburner. In late-eighteenth-century Ireland, Caroline Ainsworth learns that her life is not what it seems when her father, Arthur, an astronomer gone blind from staring at the sun, throws himself from his rooftop observatory. His vain search for an unknown planet and jealousy over astronomer William Herschel's discovery of Uranus had driven him to madness. Grief-stricken, Caroline leaves Ireland for London. But her father has left behind a cryptic atlas that holds the secret to finding a new world at the edge of the sky. As Caroline reluctantly resumes her father's work, she must confront her own longings, including her love for her father's former assistant, the tinkering blacksmith Finnegan O'Siodha. Then Ireland is swept into rebellion, and Catherine and Finnegan are plunged into its violence. A novel about the obsessions of the age--scientific inquiry, geographic discovery, political reformation, but above all, astronomy--The Blind Astronomer's Daughter encapsulates the quest for knowledge and for human connection. It is rich, far-reaching, and unforgettable. |
| astronomer's wife characters: Befriending Aliens Norma Druid, 2012-12-06 Years ago, my son asked me to write him a Star Trek story. I was working on Civil War fiction and found it liberating not having to work around actual events or worry where railroad stations were in Nashville in 1862. For years, I spun fiction as a family game with my son and a cousin. Finally, I decided I wanted my own universe, as complicated and practical as my life in insurance made me believe the future must be. Having invented one, I filled it with characters I like to read about. |
| astronomer's wife characters: The Correspondence of John Flamsteed, The First Astronomer Royal Eric Gray Forbes, Lesley Murdin, Frances Wilmoth, 2024-11-01 The Correspondence of John Flamsteed: The First Astronomer Royal, Volume Two contains the letters Flamsteed wrote and received from June 1682 to the spring of 1703. A leading figure in the final phases of the seventeenth-century scientific revolution, his extensive correspondence with 129 British and foreign scholars touches on many of the scientific discussions of the day. Some of these exchanges involved established correspondents, chiefly Newton and Wallis, but members of a younger generation, such as Stephen Gray, William Derham, and Abraham Sharp, appear with increasing frequency, especially after 1700. |
| astronomer's wife characters: A New Dictionary of Anecdotes illustrative of character and events ... Arranged alphabetically, according to ... subjects George RAMSAY (Compiler.), 1822 |
| astronomer's wife characters: Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama: A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook (Complete) Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, 2020-09-28 |
| astronomer's wife characters: Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, 2004-03 Originally published in 1892, the object of this Handbook is to supply readers and speakers with a lucid, but very brief account of such names as are used in allusions and references, whether by poets or prose writers; - to furnish those who consult it with the plot of popular dramas, the story of epic poems, and the outline of well-known tales. The number of dramatic plots sketched out is many hundreds. Another striking and interesting feature of the book is the revelation of the source from which dramatists and romancers have derived their stories, and the strange repetitions of historic incidents. It has been borne in mind throughout that it is not enough to state a fact. It must be stated attractively, and the character described must be drawn characteristically if the reader is to appreciate it, and feel an interest in what he reads. This work, an American reprint of The Reader's Handbook by E. Cobham Brewer, ...while retaining all of the original material that can interest and aid the English-speaking student, gives also 'characters and sketches found in American novels, poetry and drama.' |
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