The Herschels and the Nebulae

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Jan 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...217.9802s&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #98.02

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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An innovative observer, theorist and telescope builder, William Herschel is now generally recognised as one of the greatest astronomers of all time. In this paper I will argue that to set Herschel's career correctly into context it is essential to see him in addition as a natural philosopher (as the term `natural philosopher' was understood around 1800). In examining Herschel as a natural philosopher, I will focus on his shifting views on the nature of the nebulae, views I will also contrast and compare with those of his son John Herschel.

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