EAN: 9783319318356

ROCK LEGENDS - PAUL MURDIN GEBUNDEN

This book relates the history of asteroid discoveries and christenings  from those of the early
pioneering giants of Hersehel and Piazzi to modern-day amateurs. Moving from history and
anecdotal information to science  the book's structure is provided by the names of the
asteroids  including one named after the author.Free from a need to conform to scientific
naming conventions  the names evidence hero-worship  sycophancy  avarice  vanity  whimsy 
erudition and wit  revealing the human side of astronomers  especially where controversy has
followed the christening. Murdin draws from extensive historical records to explore the debate
over these names. Each age reveals its own biases and preferences in the naming process.

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