Observing by Hand: Sketching the Nebulae in the Nineteenth Century - Omar W. Nasim - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226084374 - January 6, 2014
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Omar W. Nasim
Observing by Hand: Sketching the Nebulae in the Nineteenth Century

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Today we are all familiar with the iconic pictures of the nebulae produced by the Hubble Space Telescope's digital cameras. This book sheds entirely new light on the ways in which the production and reception of hand-drawn images of the nebulae in the nineteenth century contributed to astronomical observation.

296 pages, 85 halftones

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released January 6, 2014
ISBN13 9780226084374
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 296
Dimensions 264 × 189 × 28 mm   ·   1.27 kg

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