The third Astronomer Royal The Life & Work of James Bradley: The New Foundations of 18th Century Astronomy. Edited by FisherJohn (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2023). Pp. xxvii + 531. £83. ISBN 9780198884200.
Resource type
Book review
Creator (person)
Date published
February 2026
Abstract
A full-length biography is due to James Bradley, a man who was pivotal to the development of positional astronomy in the eighteenth century.
Organisational unit
Science & Technology
Journal title
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Volume
57
Issue
1
Pagination
140-142
Publisher
SAGE Publications
ISSN
0021-8286
eISSN
1753-8556
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In Copyright
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