Star-Land : Being Talks with Young People about the Wonders of the Heavens
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Astronomy
ISBN-10
1108014178
ISBN-13
9781108014175
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 3rd, 2010
Print length
396 Pages
Weight
514 grams
Dimensions
13.90 x 21.60 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
Popular astronomy & spacePopular astronomy and space
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This is the publication of Ball's popular Royal Institution Christmas Lectures from the 1880s. Aimed at young people, it covers the topics of the sun and moon, the planets, and comets and stars. This is an accessible work, very well received both when first published and long after Ball's death.
Sir Robert Stawell Ball's Star-Land of 1889 is based on some of his Christmas Lectures at the Royal Institution during his time as royal astronomer of Ireland, a post he held from 1874 to 1892. These lectures were aimed at a young audience in order to introduce them to the subject, and fire their interest in the wonders of the universe. This volume includes lectures on the sun, the moon, the inner and giant planets, comets and shooting stars, and stars. It also contains a chapter on the observation and naming of stars. Ball was a renowned public lecturer, with commissions across Britain, Ireland and the United States, where his anecdotal and conversational style won him much popularity. The author of several frequently reprinted science books, he was knighted in 1886 and in 1892 became Lowendean professor of astronomy at Cambridge and the director of the university observatory.
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