Celsius
A Life and Death by Degrees
$53.50
- Hardcover
- Release Date
26 September 2024
Summary
Sweden’s Enlightenment genius and his lessons for a world in crisis.
This is the first, full-length English language biography of Swedish astronomer and Earth science pioneer Professor Anders Celsius. It reveals what his extraordinary but tragically short life and career can teach us about our today and humanity’s tomorrow.
The book tells how Celsius’ study, travels and relationships at the peak of the European Enlightenment helped him to unlock fundamental mysteries of the na…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781803994611 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1803994614 |
| Author: | Ian Hembrow |
| Publisher: | The History Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | The History Press Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Release Date: | 26 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 556g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
‘This is a beautifully written book of science biography, elegantly told, shedding light on a brilliant scientist and the world of eighteenth-century science.’
– Weather, the Royal Meteorological Society JournalIan Hembrow
IAN HEMBROW is a freelance writer, researcher and former visiting scholar at the Oxford Centre for Life Writing at Wolfson College, University of Oxford. In 2016, while working in Sweden on a book about medicine safety, he stumbled across the story and legacy of Anders Celsius – the largely unknown man with the extremely well-known name. Ian’s research took him to the Arctic Circle to retrace the steps of the pioneering 1736–37 expedition on which Celsius helped to prove the shape of the Earth. He lives with his wife in Bristol, England.
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