The Correspondence of John Flamsteed, The First Astronomer Royal: The Correspondence of John Flamsteed, The First Astronomer Royal, Vol. 2 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750303913 ISBN 13: 9780750303910

Publisher: CRC Press, 1997

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Frances Willmoth edited John Flamsteed's correspondence (3 vols, IOP Publishing, 1995-2001). She is currently Archivist at Jesus College, Cambridge, where she directs studies in History and Philosophy of Science.

Lesley Murdin practises as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist. She teaches and supervises in many contexts and has considerable experience in running psychotherapy organisations. She has worked for the registering bodies UKCP and BPC, chairing committees over many years. She was CEO and National Director of WPF Therapy and is now Chair of the psychoanalytic section of the Foundation for Psychotherapy and Counselling. She has published numerous books and papers.

Review:

"For all the trauma of a midlife crisis read this book. Its riveting" New Scientist, 19th April 1997 "Once again the editors, past and present, and the publishers are to be thoroughly congratulated on setting right 300 years of neglect of perhaps the most unjustly and persistently maligned figure in astronomical history." Journal of the British Astronomy Association l the trauma of a midlife crisis read this book. Its riveting" New Scientist, 19th April 1997 "Once again the editors, past and present, and the publishers are to be thoroughly congratulated on setting right 300 years of neglect of perhaps the most unjustly and persistently maligned figure in astronomical history." Journal of the British Astronomy Association

About this edition

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0750303913
• ISBN 13: 9780750303910
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1144
• Editor: Forbes Eric Gray, Murdin Lesley, Wilmoth Frances