Culture and Cosmos is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the history of
astrology and cultural astronomy published by the
Sophia Centre Press in
partnership with the Sophia
Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture, Faculty of Humanitiies and the
Performing Arts, at the University
of Wales Trinity Saint David
We are currently seeking submissions for future volumes of Culture and Cosmos.
We are currently seeking submissions for future volumes of Culture and Cosmos.
Volume 16
William Herschel’s Wonderful Decade, 1781-1790
Michel Hoskin
Abstract
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.
