The king's astronomer : William Herschel /
With a foreword by Willy Ley.
- New York : J. Messner, [1968].
- 191 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography: p. 187.
A life of the musician and astronomer who discovered the planet Uranus and infrared radiation, and through his development of and work with the high powered telescope, proved that a star's brightness is not necessarily proof of its nearness.