Author: Caroline Herschel
Publisher: Georg Olms Verlag
ISBN: 3487150107
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
"Das Buch ist ein Muss für alle, die sich für die neuere Geschichte der Astronomie - hier aus erster Hand erzählt -, die visuelle Beobachtung oder die Entdeckung der Deep-Sky-Objekte interessieren! Das Buch macht großen Spaß - sobald man sich mit den altdeutschen Lettern vertraut gemacht hat." Wolfgang Steinicke, in: Journal für Astronomie, III/2014, S. 43. „Das Objekt der letzten Nacht ist ein Komet.“ Diese Notiz am 2. August 1786 im Tagebuch von Carolina Lucretia Herschel (1750–1848) dokumentiert den Markstein in ihrem Leben, von dem aus sie aus der Bedeutungslosigkeit der Menge der Frauen ihrer Zeit in die Welt der aufsteigenden Naturwissenschaften befördert wurde. Von ihrer Mutter zur Weißnäherin ohne Schulbildung bestimmt, vom Vater in der Musik befördert, war es vor allem der ältere Bruder Friedrich Wilhelm (1738–1822), der sie 1772 mit nach Bath im Süden Englands nahm und der heiteren jungen Frau einen erfolgreichen Lebensweg bereitete. „Caroline Herschel’s Memoiren und Briefwechsel“ enthält Tagebücher und Briefe der berühmten Astronomin, die 1876 in London und New York sowie 1877 in deutscher Übersetzung in Berlin erschienen. In ihrer lebhaften und präzisen Art beschreibt die Autorin ihre Jugend in der Geburtsstadt Hannover, den Weg nach England mit der Notwendigkeit, für den Haushalt der beiden als Musiker und Komponisten erfolgreichen Brüder Friedrich Wilhelm und Alexander zu sorgen, die sich für die Astronomie interessieren und in ihrer Freizeit Fernrohre bauen. Friedrich Wilhelm hilft sie bei seinen nächtlichen Himmelsbeobachtungen, um tagsüber die Beobachtungen zu bearbeiten und zu ordnen. 1781 entdeckt ihr Bruder den Planeten Uranus und steigt 1782 zum Königlichen Hofastronomen auf. Sie selbst erhält mit der Entdeckung des ersten Kometen, dem noch sieben folgen werden, eine feste königliche Apanage. Nach dem Tod Friedrich Wilhelms bearbeitet sie seine und ihre Arbeiten für die Nachwelt, wofür sie mit der Zugehörigkeit zu wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaften geehrt wird. Diese Bekanntheit führt zu Briefwechseln und Kontakten mit Persönlichkeiten der Zeit, u.a. mit C.F. Gauß, mit A. von Humboldt und mit dem Komponisten Paganini. “The object of last night is a comet”. This note made by Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) in her diary on 2 August 1786 documents the defining moment in her life when she began to rise above the insignificance of most contemporary women into the ascendant world of science. Raised by her mother to be a seamstress and without formal education, she was encouraged by her father to practise music. But it was her brother William (1738-1822), who took her with him to his home in the southern English city of Bath in 1772 who offered the cheerful young woman a successful career. ‘Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel’, published in London and New York in 1876 and in German translation in 1877, contains diary entries and letters written by the famous astronomer. The author gives a lively and exact account of her childhood in Hanover and her journey to England to keep house for her brothers William and Alexander, who worked as musicians but were interested in astronomy and built telescopes in their spare time. Caroline helped William in his regular observations of the sky at night, transcribing and organising his data during the day. In 1781 her brother discovered the planet Uranus and in 1782 was appointed Astronomer Royal. On the discovery of her first comet – there would be seven more – Caroline received a permanent royal grant. After William’s death she revised his and her own works and was honoured for this by being elected to various learned societies. As a result of her fame she met and corresponded with important figures of the time such as Carl Friedrich Gauss, Alexander von Humboldt and the violinist and composer Paganini.
Memoiren und Briefwechsel
Author: Caroline Herschel
Publisher: Georg Olms Verlag
ISBN: 3487150107
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
"Das Buch ist ein Muss für alle, die sich für die neuere Geschichte der Astronomie - hier aus erster Hand erzählt -, die visuelle Beobachtung oder die Entdeckung der Deep-Sky-Objekte interessieren! Das Buch macht großen Spaß - sobald man sich mit den altdeutschen Lettern vertraut gemacht hat." Wolfgang Steinicke, in: Journal für Astronomie, III/2014, S. 43. „Das Objekt der letzten Nacht ist ein Komet.“ Diese Notiz am 2. August 1786 im Tagebuch von Carolina Lucretia Herschel (1750–1848) dokumentiert den Markstein in ihrem Leben, von dem aus sie aus der Bedeutungslosigkeit der Menge der Frauen ihrer Zeit in die Welt der aufsteigenden Naturwissenschaften befördert wurde. Von ihrer Mutter zur Weißnäherin ohne Schulbildung bestimmt, vom Vater in der Musik befördert, war es vor allem der ältere Bruder Friedrich Wilhelm (1738–1822), der sie 1772 mit nach Bath im Süden Englands nahm und der heiteren jungen Frau einen erfolgreichen Lebensweg bereitete. „Caroline Herschel’s Memoiren und Briefwechsel“ enthält Tagebücher und Briefe der berühmten Astronomin, die 1876 in London und New York sowie 1877 in deutscher Übersetzung in Berlin erschienen. In ihrer lebhaften und präzisen Art beschreibt die Autorin ihre Jugend in der Geburtsstadt Hannover, den Weg nach England mit der Notwendigkeit, für den Haushalt der beiden als Musiker und Komponisten erfolgreichen Brüder Friedrich Wilhelm und Alexander zu sorgen, die sich für die Astronomie interessieren und in ihrer Freizeit Fernrohre bauen. Friedrich Wilhelm hilft sie bei seinen nächtlichen Himmelsbeobachtungen, um tagsüber die Beobachtungen zu bearbeiten und zu ordnen. 1781 entdeckt ihr Bruder den Planeten Uranus und steigt 1782 zum Königlichen Hofastronomen auf. Sie selbst erhält mit der Entdeckung des ersten Kometen, dem noch sieben folgen werden, eine feste königliche Apanage. Nach dem Tod Friedrich Wilhelms bearbeitet sie seine und ihre Arbeiten für die Nachwelt, wofür sie mit der Zugehörigkeit zu wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaften geehrt wird. Diese Bekanntheit führt zu Briefwechseln und Kontakten mit Persönlichkeiten der Zeit, u.a. mit C.F. Gauß, mit A. von Humboldt und mit dem Komponisten Paganini. “The object of last night is a comet”. This note made by Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) in her diary on 2 August 1786 documents the defining moment in her life when she began to rise above the insignificance of most contemporary women into the ascendant world of science. Raised by her mother to be a seamstress and without formal education, she was encouraged by her father to practise music. But it was her brother William (1738-1822), who took her with him to his home in the southern English city of Bath in 1772 who offered the cheerful young woman a successful career. ‘Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel’, published in London and New York in 1876 and in German translation in 1877, contains diary entries and letters written by the famous astronomer. The author gives a lively and exact account of her childhood in Hanover and her journey to England to keep house for her brothers William and Alexander, who worked as musicians but were interested in astronomy and built telescopes in their spare time. Caroline helped William in his regular observations of the sky at night, transcribing and organising his data during the day. In 1781 her brother discovered the planet Uranus and in 1782 was appointed Astronomer Royal. On the discovery of her first comet – there would be seven more – Caroline received a permanent royal grant. After William’s death she revised his and her own works and was honoured for this by being elected to various learned societies. As a result of her fame she met and corresponded with important figures of the time such as Carl Friedrich Gauss, Alexander von Humboldt and the violinist and composer Paganini.
Publisher: Georg Olms Verlag
ISBN: 3487150107
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
"Das Buch ist ein Muss für alle, die sich für die neuere Geschichte der Astronomie - hier aus erster Hand erzählt -, die visuelle Beobachtung oder die Entdeckung der Deep-Sky-Objekte interessieren! Das Buch macht großen Spaß - sobald man sich mit den altdeutschen Lettern vertraut gemacht hat." Wolfgang Steinicke, in: Journal für Astronomie, III/2014, S. 43. „Das Objekt der letzten Nacht ist ein Komet.“ Diese Notiz am 2. August 1786 im Tagebuch von Carolina Lucretia Herschel (1750–1848) dokumentiert den Markstein in ihrem Leben, von dem aus sie aus der Bedeutungslosigkeit der Menge der Frauen ihrer Zeit in die Welt der aufsteigenden Naturwissenschaften befördert wurde. Von ihrer Mutter zur Weißnäherin ohne Schulbildung bestimmt, vom Vater in der Musik befördert, war es vor allem der ältere Bruder Friedrich Wilhelm (1738–1822), der sie 1772 mit nach Bath im Süden Englands nahm und der heiteren jungen Frau einen erfolgreichen Lebensweg bereitete. „Caroline Herschel’s Memoiren und Briefwechsel“ enthält Tagebücher und Briefe der berühmten Astronomin, die 1876 in London und New York sowie 1877 in deutscher Übersetzung in Berlin erschienen. In ihrer lebhaften und präzisen Art beschreibt die Autorin ihre Jugend in der Geburtsstadt Hannover, den Weg nach England mit der Notwendigkeit, für den Haushalt der beiden als Musiker und Komponisten erfolgreichen Brüder Friedrich Wilhelm und Alexander zu sorgen, die sich für die Astronomie interessieren und in ihrer Freizeit Fernrohre bauen. Friedrich Wilhelm hilft sie bei seinen nächtlichen Himmelsbeobachtungen, um tagsüber die Beobachtungen zu bearbeiten und zu ordnen. 1781 entdeckt ihr Bruder den Planeten Uranus und steigt 1782 zum Königlichen Hofastronomen auf. Sie selbst erhält mit der Entdeckung des ersten Kometen, dem noch sieben folgen werden, eine feste königliche Apanage. Nach dem Tod Friedrich Wilhelms bearbeitet sie seine und ihre Arbeiten für die Nachwelt, wofür sie mit der Zugehörigkeit zu wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaften geehrt wird. Diese Bekanntheit führt zu Briefwechseln und Kontakten mit Persönlichkeiten der Zeit, u.a. mit C.F. Gauß, mit A. von Humboldt und mit dem Komponisten Paganini. “The object of last night is a comet”. This note made by Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) in her diary on 2 August 1786 documents the defining moment in her life when she began to rise above the insignificance of most contemporary women into the ascendant world of science. Raised by her mother to be a seamstress and without formal education, she was encouraged by her father to practise music. But it was her brother William (1738-1822), who took her with him to his home in the southern English city of Bath in 1772 who offered the cheerful young woman a successful career. ‘Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel’, published in London and New York in 1876 and in German translation in 1877, contains diary entries and letters written by the famous astronomer. The author gives a lively and exact account of her childhood in Hanover and her journey to England to keep house for her brothers William and Alexander, who worked as musicians but were interested in astronomy and built telescopes in their spare time. Caroline helped William in his regular observations of the sky at night, transcribing and organising his data during the day. In 1781 her brother discovered the planet Uranus and in 1782 was appointed Astronomer Royal. On the discovery of her first comet – there would be seven more – Caroline received a permanent royal grant. After William’s death she revised his and her own works and was honoured for this by being elected to various learned societies. As a result of her fame she met and corresponded with important figures of the time such as Carl Friedrich Gauss, Alexander von Humboldt and the violinist and composer Paganini.
Karl Lamprecht
Author: Roger Chickering
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9780391037663
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
This is the first biography of the historian Karl Lamprecht, whose theories of historical method unleashed a bitter controversy, which colored the writing of history in Germany well into the twentieth century.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9780391037663
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
This is the first biography of the historian Karl Lamprecht, whose theories of historical method unleashed a bitter controversy, which colored the writing of history in Germany well into the twentieth century.
Secret Germany
Author: Robert E. Norton
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501729241
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
Stefan George (1868–1933) was one of the most important and influential poets to have written in German. His work, in its originality and impact, easily ranks with that of Goethe, Holderlin, or Rilke. Yet George's reach extended far beyond the sphere of literature. Particularly during his last three decades, George gathered around himself a group of men who subscribed to his homoerotic and idiosyncratic vision of life and sought to transform that vision into reality. George considered his circle to be the embodiment and defender of the "real" but "secret" Germany, opposed to the false values of contemporary bourgeois society. Some of his disciples, friends, and admirers were themselves historians, philosophers, and poets. Their works profoundly affected the intellectual and cultural attitudes of Germany's elite during the critical postwar years of the Weimar Republic. Essentially conservative in temperament and outlook, George and his circle occupy a central, but problematic, place in the rise of proto-fascism in Germany. Their own surrogate state offered a miniature model of a future German state: enthusiastic followers submitting themselves without question to the figure and will of a charismatic leader believed to be in possession of mysterious, even quasi-divine, powers.When he died several months after the Nazi takeover, George was one of the most famous and revered figures in Germany. Today the importance of George and his circle has largely been forgotten. In this, the first full biography of George to appear in any language, Robert E. Norton traces the poet's life and rise to fame.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501729241
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
Stefan George (1868–1933) was one of the most important and influential poets to have written in German. His work, in its originality and impact, easily ranks with that of Goethe, Holderlin, or Rilke. Yet George's reach extended far beyond the sphere of literature. Particularly during his last three decades, George gathered around himself a group of men who subscribed to his homoerotic and idiosyncratic vision of life and sought to transform that vision into reality. George considered his circle to be the embodiment and defender of the "real" but "secret" Germany, opposed to the false values of contemporary bourgeois society. Some of his disciples, friends, and admirers were themselves historians, philosophers, and poets. Their works profoundly affected the intellectual and cultural attitudes of Germany's elite during the critical postwar years of the Weimar Republic. Essentially conservative in temperament and outlook, George and his circle occupy a central, but problematic, place in the rise of proto-fascism in Germany. Their own surrogate state offered a miniature model of a future German state: enthusiastic followers submitting themselves without question to the figure and will of a charismatic leader believed to be in possession of mysterious, even quasi-divine, powers.When he died several months after the Nazi takeover, George was one of the most famous and revered figures in Germany. Today the importance of George and his circle has largely been forgotten. In this, the first full biography of George to appear in any language, Robert E. Norton traces the poet's life and rise to fame.
Women and Literature in the Goethe Era 1770-1820
Author: Helen Fronius
Publisher: Clarendon Press
ISBN: 019152624X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The Goethe era of German literature was dominated by men. Women were discouraged from reading and scorned as writers; Schiller saw female writers as typical 'dilettantes'. But the attempt to exclude did not always succeed, and the growing literary market rewarded some women's determination. This study combines archival research, literary analysis, and statistical evidence to give a sociological-historical overview of the conditions of women's literary production. Highlighting many authors who have fallen into obscurity, this study tells the story of women who managed to write and publish at a time when their efforts were not welcomed. Although eighteenth-century gender ideology is an important pre-condition for women's literary production, it does not necessarily determine the praxis of their actual experiences, as this study makes clear. Using a range of examples from a variety of sources, the real story of women who read, wrote, and published in the shadow of Goethe emerges.
Publisher: Clarendon Press
ISBN: 019152624X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The Goethe era of German literature was dominated by men. Women were discouraged from reading and scorned as writers; Schiller saw female writers as typical 'dilettantes'. But the attempt to exclude did not always succeed, and the growing literary market rewarded some women's determination. This study combines archival research, literary analysis, and statistical evidence to give a sociological-historical overview of the conditions of women's literary production. Highlighting many authors who have fallen into obscurity, this study tells the story of women who managed to write and publish at a time when their efforts were not welcomed. Although eighteenth-century gender ideology is an important pre-condition for women's literary production, it does not necessarily determine the praxis of their actual experiences, as this study makes clear. Using a range of examples from a variety of sources, the real story of women who read, wrote, and published in the shadow of Goethe emerges.
New Series of Catalogues
Author: Karl W. Hiersemann
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 776
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The People's Wars
Author: Mark Hewitson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199564264
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
The second of three volumes from Mark Hewitson which explore the experiences of conflict in modern Germany, and the resounding impact of these across Europe and the world, The People's War takes a new look at the 'wars of unification' and charts the rise of nationalism and the breakdown of the existing state system in the 1850s and 1860s.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199564264
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
The second of three volumes from Mark Hewitson which explore the experiences of conflict in modern Germany, and the resounding impact of these across Europe and the world, The People's War takes a new look at the 'wars of unification' and charts the rise of nationalism and the breakdown of the existing state system in the 1850s and 1860s.
Nationalism in Germany, 1848-1866
Author: Mark Hewitson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0230313523
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
Mark Hewitson reassesses the relationship between politics and the nation during a crucial period in order to answer the question of when, how and why the process of unification began in Germany. He focuses on how the national question was articulated in the public sphere by the press, political writers and key political organizations.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0230313523
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
Mark Hewitson reassesses the relationship between politics and the nation during a crucial period in order to answer the question of when, how and why the process of unification began in Germany. He focuses on how the national question was articulated in the public sphere by the press, political writers and key political organizations.
Das Litterarische Echo
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 834
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 834
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B.H. Blackwell
Author: B.H. Blackwell Ltd
Publisher:
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1388
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1388
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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Author: Giacomo Casanova
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 762
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Languages : en
Pages : 762
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