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dc.contributor.author | CHINNICI, Ileana | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-18T08:50:28Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-12-18T08:50:28Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | en_US |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-90-04-38733-1 | en_US |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-90-04-38729-4 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/28980 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Contents: Foreword by Br. Guy Consolmagno, S.J.vii; Foreword by Nichi D’Amico ix; Preface by Ileana Chinnici x; Acknowledgments xi; List of Illustrations xiii; Abbreviations xix; Introduction: A Century in Ferment 1; 1 - Secchi’s Early Life and Education: From Childhood to the Priesthood 11; 2 - The Experience of Exile: A Tragic Opportunity 26; 3 - Establishing the New Collegio Romano Observatory: An Observatory for “Physical Astronomy” 43; 4 - Advisor to the Papal States: Science in the Service of the Public 79; 5 - A Rising International Career: Travels, Achievements, and Recognition 111; 6 - Contributions to Astrophysics 160; 7 - A Crucial Political Change: New Risks and Missed Opportunities 208; 8 - A Society for a New Astronomy: Building a Network for Spectroscopic Research 228; 9 - A Controversial Personality: Secchi and the Scientific Debates of His Time 259; 10 - Secchi’s Final Years: Illness and Uncertainty 306; Conclusion: Secchi’s Scientific Legacy 332; Bibliography 337; Index 355 | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.title | Decoding the stars: a biography of Angelo Secchi, Jesuit and scientist | en_US |
dc.type | Book | - |
dc.identifier.url | https://brill.com/view/title/39451 | en_US |
dc.relation.medium | STAMPA | en_US |
dc.relation.volume | 16 | en_US |
dc.relation.numberofpages | 367 | en_US |
dc.description.numberofauthors | 1 | en_US |
dc.description.international | no | en_US |
dc.contributor.country | ITA | en_US |
dc.relation.scientificsector | FIS/08 - DIDATTICA E STORIA DELLA FISICA | en_US |
dc.type.miur | 276 Monografia o trattato scientifico | - |
dc.relation.series | JESUIT STUDIES (LEIDEN) | en_US |
dc.description.apc | no | en_US |
dc.description.oa | 4 – prodotto senza file in versione Open Access (per monografie allegare copertina e indice al passo 5-Carica) | en_US |
item.grantfulltext | open | - |
item.languageiso639-1 | en | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
item.openairetype | Book | - |
item.openairecristype | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cf | - |
item.cerifentitytype | Publications | - |
crisitem.journal.journalissn | 2214-3289 | - |
crisitem.journal.ance | E255185 | - |
crisitem.author.dept | O.A. Palermo | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0002-3536-1709 | - |
Appears in Collections: | 5.01 Monografie o trattati scientifici |
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9789004387294_print_cover_cmyk.pdf | copertina | 3.7 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Contents.pdf | Foreword | 5.52 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
2021 Osterbrock Prize Winner.pdf | Premio | 112.56 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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