Overview
- Explores how the San Cristóbal Observatory emerged from a research expedition by American astronomers, and its connections to broader scientific, political, and cultural contexts
- Combines a rigorously researched history of an important episode in the evolution of modern astronomy with an accessible, engaging writing style
- Offers insight into the history of science in the global South, international scientific collaborations, and the origins of modern global astronomy
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology (PSHST)
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This Palgrave Pivot tells the transnational story of the astronomical observatory in the hills near Santiago, Chile, built in the early twentieth century through the efforts of astronomers from the Lick Observatory in California. Venturing abroad to learn from largely unmapped Southern skies and, hopefully, answer lingering questions about the structure of the galaxy, they planned a three-year research expedition—but ended up staying for more than twenty-five years. The history of the Mills Expedition offers a window onto the history of astronomy, the challenges of scientific collaboration across national lines, and the political and cultural contexts of early-twentieth-century Chile and the United States.
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About the author
Bárbara K. Silva is a FONDECYT-Chile researcher and Lecturer of Latin American History at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Astronomy at the Turn of the Twentieth Century in Chile and the United States
Book Subtitle: Chasing Southern Stars, 1903–1929
Authors: Bárbara K. Silva
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17712-6
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17711-9Published: 14 May 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-17712-6Published: 02 May 2019
Series ISSN: 2730-972X
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9738
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 134
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Science, History of the Americas, Cultural History, World History, Global and Transnational History