Book 2012

Nicolas-Louis de la Caille, Astronomer and Geodesist

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 2012

Astronomers
France, biography
Astronomy, observations
Geodesy
Biography
Astronomy
Observations
History

This is a comprehensive biography of one of the greatest and most careful observational astronomers of all time. Nicolas-Louis De La Caille mapped the southern sky and named many of the constellations. In addition, he contributed to geodesy, navigation, and celestial mechanics.