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Jan 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aas...21520003b&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #200.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.214
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Early in his career, like many other novice astronomers of his day, William Huggins (1824-1910) pursued a varied and opportunistic research programme. He devoted considerable time and serious attention to research problems generated by others, and to the exotic rather than the mundane. Free of the obligations and commitments that restricted his institution-bound contemporaries, he was driven by broad interests with an insatiable curiosity to explore the heavens in innovative and often technically demanding ways. How did he maximize his exposure to opportunities for new discoveries without becoming identified as a speculative or impulsive dilettante? This paper will track his move into the inner circle of serious amateurs by following the steps he took to develop a reputation for his care in making observations and for his caution in suggesting explanations for the phenomena he observed.
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