Six papers comprising the matter originally given in a series of lectures at the University of Chicago. Their object is “to illustrate by the study of a few examples, chosen almost at random, the variety in character of astronomical discoveries.” The subjects treated are: “Uranus and Eros,” “The discovery of Neptune,” “Bradley’s discoveries of the aberration of light and of the mutation of the earth’s axis,” “Accidental discoveries,” “Schwabe and the sun spot period,” and “The variation of latitude.”
“The book is readable and interesting; and also accurate and trustworthy, as much ‘readable’ popular science is not. Judged according to its scope and purpose, there is little fault to be found with the book.” C. A. Y.
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“There is ample internal evidence, not only that the lectures were carefully prepared, but also of judicious selection. The second chapter or lecture is probably the least satisfactory in the book.” W. E. P.
| + + | Nature. 71: 410. Mr. 2, ‘05. 910w. |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 9. Ja. 7, ‘05. 340w. |
“Even to a non-scientific reader, and to the amateur of astronomy the book should prove absorbing.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 126. F. 25, ‘05. 640w. |
“Apart from such bearing as it may have on the philosophy of discovery Professor Turner’s book gives excellent accounts of several interesting chapters of astronomic history.”
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