Crawford, Deborah.

The king's astronomer : William Herschel / With a foreword by Willy Ley. - New York : J. Messner, [1968]. - 191 p. ; 22 cm.

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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.


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