The reading behind Neptune
When he died in 1892 Cambridge Observatory
Director and Neptune co-discoverer John Couch Adams left his personal books to
the University.
John Couch Adams in 1886 (IoA Library PE62)
The IoA Library has identified those books (about
140 items) from the
Thanks
Thanks to the Society for the History of
Astronomy (SHA) who paid for the restoration of the IoA Library copy of David
Gill’s ‘History and Description of the
Royal Observatory,
Thanks to Dr Simon Mitton, author and former Secretary of the IoA, who has
recently paid to have repaired the IoA Library copy of Mary Somerville’s The Mechanism
of the Heavens (1831). In this book,
Mary Somerville (1780-1872) provided a condensed English language version of
Our Library copy of the book was in a poor condition with both boards detached and the spine damaged. Repairs on the book were made by the Cambridge Bookbinding Company. Care was taken to retain as much of the original binding as possible. The book is now returned to the Library in a condition where it can serve many more useful years of use.
This photo shows the rebound book next to the remains
of its old spine.
The
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The Library has a range of books on the fascinating subject of archaeoastronomy. These can be found in section 5, located in the Annex.
ISI Web of Knowledge, the citation database for the sciences, has recently received a number of upgrades allowing for added flexibility in searching and displaying information. These include visual mapping of citation networks. It can be accessed at: http://wok.mimas.ac.uk
Goodbye
‘Who’s Who’
The University now has online access to this famous reference book, published since 1849, it lists biographies of over 33,000 prominent British people. Included is access to ‘Who Was Who’ with another 90,000 entries.
Because the electronic edition is word searchable you can search the book in many new ways, people that went to the same school, live in the same place etc. A very powerful resource.
Book of the Month: August
The book of the month for August is: ‘Solar
physics research trends’ edited by Pingzhi Wang and with thirty contributors,
published:
The Society for the History of Astronomy
(SHA) are planning to hold a conference in honour of David Dewhirst. The one day
conference, provisionally titled ‘Books and the Sky’ will be held at the IoA on
and finally…
Don’t forget the total eclipse of the sun
on