Open AccessWilliam Herschel’s Wonderful Decade, 1781-1790
Author(s) -
Michael Hoskin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
culture and cosmos
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.46472/cc.01216.0209
Subject(s) - telescope , observer (physics) , spitzer space telescope , astronomy , art history , space (punctuation) , physics , art , philosophy , linguistics , quantum mechanics
William Herschel was a professional musician for fully half his life, and wished to be remembered as a composer. His achievements in astronomy—as telescope builder, observer, and theoretician—that are recognised by the naming of the current Herschel Space Telescope belong mainly to a single mirabilis decas, and this I discuss.