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University astronomy is the tap-root of the discipline from which the community of professional astronomers and its organizing talent emerged. Yet the academic sector has been neglected by historians because effective scientific roles for its observatories were very slow to evolve. On the one hand, governments considered the public need to be the business of observatories founded as national institutions, whilst on the other hand university statutes imposed a primary duty to teach. Hence in practice a mismatch proliferated between founding aspirations encompassing public utility and teaching, and the provision of adequate resources for research.This book provides an explanatory history of the institutional development university observatories, analyzing of the ability of academic astronomers in the period between 1772-1939 to contribute to both national astronomy and to advance science within their universities.Offering a comparative historical approach, the book also answers fundamental questions about how and why astronomy came into the universities, and how institutions responded to the professionalization of the discipline.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Education Higher & further education, tertiary education

• Full title: British University Observatories 1772-1939
• Author: Roger Hutchins
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 568
• EAN: 9780754632504
• ISBN: 0754632504
• ID: 01291253
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Weight: 1315 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 156 × 32 mm
• Date of publishing: 20. June 2008

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