Nicolas-louis de la caille, astronomer and geodesist
Auteur :
Glass, Ian Stewart
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199668403
Date de publication :
13 déc. 2012
Dimensions :
24,0 x 16,2 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
504 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This is the first comprehensive biography of one of the greatest and most careful observational astronomers of all time. He mapped the southern sky and named many of the constellations. In addition, he contributed to geodesy, navigation, and celestial mechanics.