Decoding the Stars : a Biography of Angelo Secchi, Jesuit and Scientist.

Intro -- Decoding the Stars: A Biography of Angelo Secchi,Jesuit and Scientist -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction A Century in Ferment -- 1 Secchi's Early Life and Education: From Childhood to the Priesthood -- 2 The Experience of Exile: A Tragic Opportunity -- 3 Establishing the New Collegio Romano Observatory: An Observatory for "Physical Astronomy -- 4 Advisor to the Papal States: Science in the Service of the Public -- 5 A Rising International Career: Travels, Achievements, and Recognition -- 6 Contributions to Astrophysics and other Sciences -- 7 A Crucial Political Change: New Risks and Missed Opportunities -- 8 A Society for a New Astronomy: Building a Network for Spectroscopic Research -- 9 A Controversial Personality: Secchi and the Scientific Debates of His Time -- 10 Secchi's Final Years: Uncertainty and Illness -- Conclusion: Secchi's Scientific Legacy -- Bibliography -- Index.

In Decoding the Stars, Ileana Chinnici offers an account of the life of the Jesuit scientist Angelo Secchi (1818-1878) and his important contributions to the development of many sciences, paying special attention to his studies in early astrophysics.

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