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E-raamat: Early Investigations of Ceres and the Discovery of Pallas: Historical Studies in Asteroid Research

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An asteroid scholar, Cunningham in this book picks up where his Discovery of the First Asteroid, Ceres left off in telling thestory of the impact created by the discovery of this new class of objectin the early 1800s. The best and brightest minds of mathematics,science, and philosophy were fascinated by Ceres,and figures as diverse as Gauss, Herschel, Brougham, Kant, and Laplaceall contributed something to the conversation. The first few chaptersdeal with the mathematical and philosophical aspects of the discovery,and the rivalry between Germany and France thatso affected science and astronomy of that era. The jockeying for gloryover the discovery of Ceres by both Piazzi and Bode is examined indetail, as is the reception given to Herschel"s use of the word"asteroid." Archival research that reveals the creatorof the word "asteroid" is presented in this book.Astronomy was a truly cosmopolitan field at thetime, spanning across various disciplines, and the discovery of

Pallas, astory completely told in these pages, exemplifies the excitement anddrama of early 1800s astronomy. All the privatecorrespondence about the study of Ceres and Pallas in 1802 is givenhere, which helps to contextualize and personalize the discovery.

The Triumph of the Human Intellect.- France vs Germany.- Hegel and Ceres.- Piazzi"s Deception.- Herschel"s New Dynasty.- Origins of the Asteroids.- The Scientific Papers about Ceres.- Biographies.

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The book is a fascinating description of what was taking place at the time in this field of astronomy. a work of great bibliographic scholarship and as a detailed collection of relevant material from this brief period in asteroidal research will be extremely useful, thought-provoking, and referred to for many years to come. (David W. Hughes, The Observatory, Vol. 137, August, 2017)

The author, Clifford Cunningham, is an expert in the History of Astronomy and in particular about the asteroids, on which he authored several books and papers. He therefore represents an authoritative and well-informed source of information. this book is interesting for its completeness in an intriguing but often overlooked topic of the history of astronomy. Surely worth the reading. (Gabriella Bernardi, Astrocom et al., astrocometal.blogspot.de, December, 2016)

1 Mathematics and the Triumph of the Human Intellect
1(14)
Mathematics: A Sterile Science?
3(1)
The Role of Analysis in Astronomy
4(1)
The Inaugural Lecture on Astronomy
5(2)
Mathematics and the Encyclopedic
7(1)
The Failure of Burckhardt
8(2)
The Ramist Interpretation
10(3)
The Sacred Ceres
13(2)
2 France Versus Germany
15(14)
Mathematics and Astronomy in 1800
17(1)
Science and Society
17(2)
Civilization vs Culture
19(1)
The German View of France
20(2)
Zach on the State of Mathematics in Germany
22(2)
Zach's Diatribe Concerning France
24(1)
Germany, France and England
24(2)
Ceres in English Satire
26(3)
3 Professional Rivalries
29(18)
Piazzi and the Perils of Classical Allegory
31(2)
The Planetary Chess Match
33(3)
The Covetous Monk
36(2)
Oriani's Balancing Act
38(1)
Deliquium
39(2)
Bode's Gambit: Stealing Celestial Glory
41(4)
Zach Versus Maskelyne
45(2)
4 Herschel's New Dynasty
47(48)
Herschel's Search for a Word, Part 1: William Watson
49(1)
Herschel's Search for a Word, Part 2: Charles Burney
50(4)
Herschel's Search for a Word, Part 3: Sir Joseph Banks and Stephen Weston
54(4)
Herschel's Chain Letter
58(1)
The Reaction in France
59(1)
The Reaction in Germany
59(2)
The Origin of the Word Planetule
61(1)
The Origin of the Term Planeto-Comet
62(1)
The Origin of the Words Planetoid and Cometoid
63(3)
Henry Brougham
66(3)
Thomas Thomson
69(2)
The German Connection
71(3)
The Links Between Brougham and Thomson
74(2)
Sir Joseph Banks
76(1)
The Attack in The Critical Review
77(1)
Neologism: The Philosophical and Social Context
78(5)
The Ancient Greek Precedent and Biblical Roots
83(1)
The Role of Classification in Science
83(1)
What Is a Planet?: A View from the Eighteenth Century
84(5)
Herschel's Vindication
89(1)
The Gentleman Astronomer: Alexander Aubert
90(5)
5 The Discovery of Pallas
95(26)
Mysteries Still Lying in the Dark
97(1)
Comets at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century
98(1)
The Cosmology of Kant and Laplace
98(3)
Olbers' Hypothesis
101(1)
Our Pallas Is a True Planet
102(2)
How the Public Learned About the Discovery of Pallas
104(6)
The Discovery of Pallas by Sniadecki and Messier
110(1)
Pallas: The French Perspective
111(3)
Verses to Commemorate the Discovery of Pallas
114(1)
The First Solar System Maps Depicting Ceres and Pallas
115(3)
The First Sightings of Pallas
118(1)
The Elements of Pallas
119(1)
The Elements Derived by Gauss
120(1)
6 The Original Logbooks: England, France, Germany and Italy
121(10)
7 The Ceres and Pallas Letters of 1802
131(96)
Introduction
133(1)
A Poem by Wordsworth: London, 1802
134(1)
Notable French Publications
134(1)
Histoire Celeste Francaise
134(1)
Connaissance de Temps
135(1)
Gazette Nationale ou le Moniteur Universel
135(1)
Notable English Publications
136(1)
Nicholson's Journal
136(1)
Tilloch's Journal
136(1)
The Monthly Magazine
136(1)
Edinburgh Review
136(1)
Gentleman's Magazine
137(1)
Important Letters and Articles
137(90)
8 Bode's Asteroid Book
227(6)
9 Schroeter's Asteroid Book
233(18)
10 The Scientific Papers on Ceres
251(130)
The Paper of February 1802 About Ceres
253(2)
The Paper of May 1802 About Ceres and Pallas
255(1)
The Paper of June 1803 Giving a Description of Ceres and Pallas
256(1)
The Journals
256(125)
Acknowledgments 381(2)
Appendix A Positional data on Ceres and Pallas for 1801 and 1802 383(4)
Appendix B The Elements of Ceres by Encke 387(6)
References 393(14)
Index 407
Clifford J. Cunningham earned his Ph.D. in the history of astronomy at the University of Southern Queensland in Australia, and he is a research associate with the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand. His undergraduate degrees in physics and classical studies were earned at the University of Waterloo in Canada. He has written or edited 14 books on the history of astronomy, and his papers have appeared in many major journals, including Annals of Science, Journal for the History of Astronomy, Culture & Cosmos, Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia, The Asian Journal of Physics, and Renaissance and Reformation. He is associate editor of the Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, where several of his asteroid research papers have been published. He is also a contributor to Encyclopedia Britannica, and since 2001 has been the history of astronomy columnist for Mercury magazine. Asteroid (4276) was named Clifford in his honour by the International Astronomical Union based on the recommendation of its bureau the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
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