Agnes Mary Clerke: Ever-popular historian of astronomy
Abstract
In her day, Agnes Mary Clerke (1842-1907) was the English-speaking world's most highly regarded writer on the rapidly developing science of astrophysics. This account outlines how, without any formal education but with a deep interest in learning, this remarkable woman rose to the admired position she still holds as a leading historian of astronomy and astrophysics.
- Publication:
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The Antiquarian Astronomer
- Pub Date:
- 2004
- Bibcode:
- 2004AntAs...1....3B