Studies of Pallas in the early nineteenth century : historical studies in asteroid research /

Studies of Pallas in the early nineteenth century : historical studies in asteroid research /

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Author / Creator:	Cunningham, Clifford J., 1955-
Edition:	Second edition.
Imprint:	Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2016] ©2017
Description:	1 online resource (484 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Asteroids -- Research -- History -- 19th century. Asteroids -- Research -- History -- Sources. Astronomy -- History -- Sources. Astronomy. Asteroids -- Research. Pallas (Asteroid) Solar system -- Pallas (Asteroid) Sources. History. Observations.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11269199

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ISBN:	9783319328485 3319328484 3319328468 9783319328461 9783319328461
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	First edition published under title: The Pallas problem. 2004. Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Based on extensive primary sources, many never previously translated into English, this is the definitive account of the discovery of Pallas as it went from being classified as a new planet to reclassification as the second of a previously unknown group of celestial objects. Cunningham, a dedicated scholar of asteroids, includes a large set of newly translated correspondence as well as the many scientific papers about Pallas in addition to sections of Schroeter's 1805 book on the subject. It was Olbers who discovered Pallas, in 1802, the second of many asteroids that would be officially identified as such. From the Gold Medal offered by the Paris Academy to solve the mystery of Pallas' gravitational perturbations to Gauss' Pallas Anagram, the asteroid remained a lingering mystery to leading thinkers of the time. Representing an intersection of science, mathematics, and philosophy, the puzzle of Pallas occupied the thoughts of an amazing panorama of intellectual giants in Europe in the early 1800s.
Other form:	Print version: Cunningham, Clifford J. Studies of Pallas in the Early Nineteenth Century : Historical Studies in Asteroid Research. Cham : Springer International Publishing, ©2016 9783319328461
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-319-32848-5

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Summary:	Based on extensive primary sources, many never previously translated into English, this is the definitive account of the discovery of Pallas as it went from being classified as a new planet to reclassification as the second of a previously unknown group of celestial objects. Cunningham, a dedicated scholar of asteroids, includes a large set of newly translated correspondence as well as the many scientific papers about Pallas in addition to sections of Schroeter's 1805 book on the subject.<br> <br> It was Olbers who discovered Pallas, in 1802, the second of many asteroids that would be officially identified as such. From the Gold Medal offered by the Paris Academy to solve the mystery of Pallas' gravitational perturbations to Gauss' Pallas Anagram, the asteroid remained a lingering mystery to leading thinkers of the time. Representing an intersection of science, mathematics, and philosophy, the puzzle of Pallas occupied the thoughts of an amazing panorama of intellectual giants in Europe in the early 1800s.
Item Description:	First edition published under title: The Pallas problem. 2004.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (484 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9783319328485 3319328484 3319328468 9783319328461