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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/28980| Title: | Decoding the stars: a biography of Angelo Secchi, Jesuit and scientist | Authors: | CHINNICI, Ileana | Issue Date: | 2019 | Series: | JESUIT STUDIES (LEIDEN) | Number: | 16 | 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 | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/28980 | URL: | https://brill.com/view/title/39451 | ISBN: | 978-90-04-38733-1 978-90-04-38729-4 |
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